ZERO DARK THIRTY

ZERO DARK THIRTY IS 2012 AMERICAN WAR FILM DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BIGELOW AND WRITTEN BY MARK BOAL AND STARS JESSICA CHASTAIN, JASON CLARKE, JOEL EDGERTON, AND JENNIFER EHLE. THE FILM DRAMATIZES THE DECADE-LONG MANHUNT FOR AL-QAEDA LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE UNITED STATES, LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL DISCOVERY OF HIS COMPOUND IN PASKISTAN, AND THE MILITARY RAID ON THAT COMPOUND THAT RESULTED IN HIS DEATH IN MAY 2011. ZERO DARK THIRTY RECEIVED WIDESPREAD CRITICAL ACCLAIM, PRAISING ITS DIRECTING, SCREENPLAY AND PERFORMANCE BY CHASTAIN. THE FILM WAS NOMINATED FOR FIVE ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTRESS FOR CHASTAIN AND BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FOR BOAL AND WON ONE FOR BEST SOUND EDITING. ZERO DARK THIRTY ALSO RECEIVED 4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA, BEST DIRECTOR, AND WON ONE BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA FOR CHASTAIN, SHE ALSO WON THE CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS.
       
 I LOVE LOVE THIS FILM, KATHRYN BIGELOW PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DIRECTORS IN THIS INDUSTRY, THE CRITICS LOVE HER BUT THE ACADEMY DIDN'T NOMINATE HER THIS YEAR, MOREOVER, SHE'S ONE OF THE FRONT-RUNNERS FOR BEST DIRECTOR CATEGORY. JESSICA CHASTAIN'S PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM IS PHENOMENON, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA WIN THE OSCAR BUT SHE DIDN'T, IT PROVED THAT YOU CAN PLAY A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN AND COULD STILL NOMINATED FOR OSCAR, NO NEED FOR NUDITY AND SEX SCENE TO BE NOTICED. PERSONALLY, I LOVE THE CAST PERFORMANCE AS WELL, JENNIFER EHLE IS AMAZING, I LOVE HER WORK IN CONTAGION AS WELL.

I RATE THIS FILM 9/10 OR UNIVERSAL ACCLAIM.