'zero Dark Thirty' Reviews: Kathryn Bigelow's Osama Bin Laden Movie Praised By Critics

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Sun, 11/25/2012 - 8:54pm

Geronimo. After months of anticipation, Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," a procedural about the hunt for and killing of Osama Bin Laden, screened for critics and Oscar watchers in New York and Los Angeles on Sunday night. The early words? Strong, thoughtful, cynical, academic and intense."It's a crowded Oscar season for great films.

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