Pullman as Daryl Zero Ben Stiller as Steve Arlo Ryan O'Neal as Gregory Stark Kim Dickens as Gloria Sullivan Angela Featherstone as Jess Soundtrack Released in January 1998 on Work Group, the official soundtrack for the film includes: "Mystery Dance" – Elvis Costello "One Dance" – Dan Bern "Starbucked" – Bond "Into My Arms" – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Some Jingle Jangle Morning" – Mary Lou Lord "Emma J" – Brendan Benson "The Method Pt. 2" – The Greyboy Allstars "Drifting Along" – Jamiroquai "Till You Die" – Candy Butchers "Lounge" – Esthero "Blackmail Drop" – The Greyboy Allstars "Three Days" – Thermadore "Rest My Head Against the Wall" – Heatmiser "The Zero Effect" – The Greyboy Allstars Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 65% of 52 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.8/10. The site's consensus reads: "A promising debut for writer/director Jake Kasdan, Zero Effect overcomes its flaws with its off-kilter humor and likeable leads." Leonard Klady of Variety called it "scattershot entertainment that misses as often as it hits its targets". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated 3.5/4 stars and wrote that he was surprised by how involved he became in the film. Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote of the film's focus on the relation between Pullman and Stiller, "For all its admirable ambitions, this loosely focused first feature has the makings of a better buddy story than detective tale anyhow." Jack Matthews of the Los Angeles Times called it "a confident first film and one of the freshest detective yarns to come along in a while". Ruthe Stein of The San Francisco Chronicle rated it 2/4 stars and called it "more an interesting idea for a detective movie than it is an interesting film". Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly rated it C+ and called it "a very shaggy and minor comedy". Geoff Andrew of Time Out London wrote, "Kasdan's is a very promising debut, its own dearth of feeling offset by able writing, engaging playing and a sure sense of pace." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale. Television pilot In 2002 Kasdan attempted to resurrect the character Daryl Zero for the NBC television network. He shared the screenwriting duties with Walon Green and directed the pilot. He was also one