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December 14, 2012

‘Zero Dark Thirty' is massive and meticulous

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

Until the very end, she is described as “The Girl.”

Even after a relentless, decade-long pursuit that leads to the daring midnight raid of Osama bin Laden's compound, even as she unzips the body bag to verify that the bloody corpse inside is indeed that of the slain al-Qaida leader, Jessica Chastain's CIA officer character is defined primarily by her femininity in this male-dominated world.


 
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