Zero Days: reviews

What the critics say average 7.4 from 7 outlets

• 9.0 VarietyPeter Debruge "Clear, urgent and positively terrifying at times". Read
• 8.3 IndiewireJessica Kiang His new film Zero Days may ostensibly be an investigation of the 2010 malware worm known as Stuxnet, but over its swift-moving 116-minute runtime, Gibney does a much broader and more important job: relating the rather airless, abstract concepts of cyber-terrorism and internet espionage to their real-world consequences. Read
• 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "Zero Days is an intriguing, disturbing watch". Read
• 7.0 Screen DailyJonathan Romney "While the urgency of the message emerges powerfully, the details are often hard to absorb, as Gibney skips from political information to technical specs". Read
• 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van Hoeij "Because it wants to be a primer on a serious subject, an exciting cinematic exposé and an argument for more openness". Read
• 6.7 The A.V. ClubMike D'Angelo "The film does the job; it holds your attention. Overall, though, this is a classic 'Say, why not read a book instead?' situation". Read
• 6.0 The TelegraphTim Robey "Gibney's problem here, in a way, is his main point: the very lack of transparency about these missions, which operate in ill-defined spheres of international law, obstructs informed public discussion". Read