The film consists of three seemingly separate but ultimately interlinked storylines about a comic book artist (Alison Pill), a novelist (Mariana Ximenes), and a film director (Golden Globe Winner, Gael Garcia Bernal). Each character lives in a separate world but authors a story about the life of another. The comic book artist, Emma, works by day at an artificial love doll factory, and is hoping to undergo a secret cosmetic procedure. Emma's comic tells the story of Edward, a cocky film director with a debilitating secret about his anatomy. The director, Edward, creates a film that features Michelle, an aspiring novelist who escapes to Brazil and abandons her former life as a model. Michelle, pens a novel that tells the tale of Emma, who works at an artificial love doll factory… And so it goes…
Critic Reviews:
- The self-conscious cleverness gets slippery once it's time to deliver an ending, so for smarts, you'll have to settle for some comment on the folly (and expense) of fantasy. – San Diego Reader
- This is something strange and unique. Jangly, fun, sexy, and surprising, Zoom is precisely the kind of movie you want to share with friends like a thrilling secret, and celebrate as a fresh discovery. – Comic Book Resources
- Mr. Morelli mixes live-action and animated scenes to good effect. He doesn't have time to give his characters depth, but there's pleasure in figuring out how they connect and pondering the movie's modest themes. – New York Times