Some critics, in light of the interrogations being depicted as gaining reliable, useful, and accurate information, considered the scenes pro-torture propaganda. The film's depiction of torture (so-called ' enhanced interrogation techniques') generated controversy. It earned Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Chastain, who won. It was also nominated in five categories at the 85th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Chastain, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Editing, which it won in a tie with Skyfall.

It appeared on 95 critics' top ten lists of 2012. Zero Dark Thirty received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, screenplay and editing, and was a box office success, grossing $132 million worldwide. The film premiered in Los Angeles on December 10, 2012, and had its wide release on January 11, 2013. It was produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures. Jessica Chastain stars as Maya, a fictional CIA intelligence analyst, with Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Reda Kateb, Mark Strong, James Gandolfini, Kyle Chandler, Stephen Dillane, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez, Fares Fares, Jennifer Ehle, John Barrowman, Mark Duplass, Harold Perrineau, and Frank Grillo in supporting roles. This search leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan and the military raid where bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks. Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.

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