Zero Effect Digital Life DVD

Zero Effect
starring: Aleta Barthell, J.W. Crawford, Sarah DeVincentis, Kim Dickens, David Doty

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780623224
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780623223
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 14, 1998
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 18535
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 1998

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Zero Effect follows private investigator Daryl Zero and Steve Arlo, his reluctant representative, through one particularly tangled case involving blackmail, murder, revenge, and a set of lost keys. Zero is the world's best private investigator, suave and totally in control while on a case, but socially inept when off the job. The diversely talented and prolific Bill Pullman is excellently cast as Zero, switching seamlessly from one persona to the next, and the ever-charming Ben Stiller is his perfect sidekick. In a deadpan description of his method, or the 'Zero Effect,' Zero details his brilliance for Sherlock Holmes-like deductions, based on his strict adherence to objectivity and observation, or, in Zero parlance, 'the obs.' Somewhat predictably the obs falter when the case of the missing keys brings Zero to Gloria Sullivan, a winsome and mysterious paramedic played by Kim Dickens. Thankfully, writer-director Jake Kasdan is no less brilliant than the Zero he creates, and the potential corniness of the developing romance is balanced by a razor-sharp wit and the nail-biting suspense of the unfolding plot. --Laska Jimsen

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- 1998's Best Film....
IIRC, this film only saw limited release in art house theatres for a few weeks in 1998. This was probably the best film of 1998, and it is surely one of the best films you've never heard of. It succeeds as a slapstick Ben Stiller comedy, a serious drama, and most of all, an intriguing Sherlock Holmes style mystery. All the performances are great, Ben Stiller as a long suffering legal investigator for the criminally underrated Bill Pullman's master PI, Daryl Zero, Kim Dickens as the mysterious "woman in trouble", and Ryan O'Neal as a wealthy industrialist caught in a dangerous web of intrigue. Add in the unique on location set of Portland, a cool alternative soundtrack, and you have a truly great, original film. Get it now!

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- More clued out than clue-driven
THE first film from Jake Kasdan, the son of famed director Lawrence Kasdan (Pacific Heights, The Big Chill), is a detective comedy that works off a premise so obvious it's surprising it hasn't been exploited more often.

Zero Effect steals the Sherlock Holmes mystery formula and places it into a contemporary context. The problem with Kasdan's film is that it doesn't get much beyond this modestly clever idea. Mixing excessive plot intricacies and broad, quirky comedy, the film ends up as a mildly puzzling sophomoric diversion.

The self-styled "world's greatest detective" is Daryl Zero, played by Bill Pullman (Independence Day). He's a twitchy character, hair askew, eyes glazed and living in Howard Hughes-like isolation. As is often the case, Pullman seems to be in an acting class of his own, experiencing complicated inner surges and thoughts that don't have much to do with his character.
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- A modern day Sherlock Holmes
If Sherlock Holmes were alive today he would be a major pain in the neck. That seems to be the central message of Jake Kasdan's first film, which is among my favourite movies of all time.

Bill Pullman plays Daryl Zero, the greatest private detective who ever lived, who also happens to be completely hopeless when it comes to relating to other human beings, in particular to his long-suffering assistant, Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller). However, when he is hired to find a blackmailer, he comes into contact with and ultimately falls in love with Gloria Sullivan (Kim Dickens), a modern day version of Irene Adler.

This is a very well made and enjoyable film, and it interesting (and very funny) to see Kasdan's idea of what Sherlock Holmes would be like if he were alive today. With the exception of Kim Dickens, who didn't strike me as being a strong enough actress to play "the woman", all of the actors in ... Read More

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- Unnoticed film
It is exciting at times and original. Although somewhat unbelievable for someone that know the limits of memory and technology it still is convincing to those who can suspend belief a little.

I loved it and was waiting for every twist and turn!

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