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Z for Zachariah

After the end of the world she thought she was alone. She was wrong.

2015 · 1h 37m · PG-13 Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Craig Zobel

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Overview

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Although the movie stops at the book's two-thirds mark, the abrupt ending is a killer. It creeped me out and then laid me out. For days I couldn't get out of my head the way it wreaked havoc on my sympathies.

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

Z for Zachariah has the tasteful dullness of a movie too afraid to make a choice in any direction.

Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh

Zobel and Modi have crafted a thoughtful narrative about the experience of navigating and attempting to accommodate others' personalities.

Aisha Harris, Slate
Rotten

"Z for Zachariah" is ultimately too dramatically slight and brief for its ambitions, despite its sometimes labored myth-making script and visuals.

Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com
Fresh

The drama brims with religious allusion and questions of how faith manifests in a world without hope.

Julia Cooper, Globe and Mail

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