Zero Dark Thirty

 The characters have the personality of a Casini speech, making everything simply didactic. Boredom is the only possible reaction.

 Bigelow, stripped of her unforgivable auteur temptations, reveals herself for what she is: a Tony Scott in heels.

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 It is likely that this figure was beefed up by the director because Kathryn Bigelow’s intent seems to be to personify in the actions of this agent, and in her almost inhuman determination, the desire for revenge and redemption of a nation wounded in its pride.

 Reality is often like that. No pompous music to seal the end of an unprecedented manhunt; in Jessica Chastain’s gaze, there is only mild satisfaction for having done her job, but also some sadness because it is inherent in the human condition not to fully enjoy the present and to already look to the future.

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