Actors Quote by Stephanie Zacharek

This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a…

— Stephanie Zacharek

Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It's a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that mimics great…

— Stephanie Zacharek

The scariest thing in it may be the way the clock radio has a way of turning itself on, loudly, of its own accord.…

— Stephanie Zacharek

It's guilty of the very thing that makes kids hate history as a subject when it's taught badly: The Da Vinci Code makes the…

— Stephanie Zacharek

There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from…

— Stephanie Zacharek

You can talk film theory till you're blue in the face, but in the end, the thing that may haunt you most about a…

— Stephanie Zacharek

Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic.

— Stephanie Zacharek

I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two…

— Stephanie Zacharek

The bigger question to ask about 300 is why, for a supposedly rousing tale of heroism, it's so curiously unaffecting.

— Stephanie Zacharek

Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it's also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it's made.…

— Stephanie Zacharek

Pan's Labyrinth works on so many levels that it seems to change shape even as you watch it. It is, at times, a joyless…

— Stephanie Zacharek

It's time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn't even entertainment. "Miss March" is,…

— Stephanie Zacharek