ZODIAC (2007)
CHARACTER In David Fincher's '70s-set procedural thriller (based on real events), Gyllenhaal plays Robert Graysmith, a political cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle who helps decipher the messages of a cryptic serial killer.
LOVE INTEREST Graysmith's wife Melanie (Chloe Sevigny), who becomes increasingly concerned over Robert's obsession with the case
HEARTTHROB FACTOR: 3 This is a film about grisly serial murders, after all. Still, we'll give him a few point for those geek-chic decoding skills...
EW GRADE: A
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