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(1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   12   > Next "Greengrass is a refined political artist, but United 93 goes pretty much entirely for gut reactions."   Blogcritics.org   Alan Dale 5/5 "a real-time reconstruction of events on the doomed flight that manages to encapsulate all the anxieties and sorrows of our age."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel 9/10 "Many people feel United 93 is "too soon", and I certainly won't argue with anyone's need for time to heal. But when it isn't too soon, this film demands to be seen. "   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens A "United 93 isn't just another antiseptic deconstruction of buildings destroyed or far off countries invaded; it's a film that gives the tragedy back to the innocent lives angrily taken away."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf C- "Ultimately, United 93 is a regurgitation of suspicious media-fueled speculation about events on an airplane that we know very little about."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "In its fitful remembering, United 93 raises important questions about the making of history."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 48/100 "A fear-mongering exercise at best, a prolongued and agonizing snuff film at worst."   Cinemania   Dan Jardine 5/5 "It might be too soon to watch a movie about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Nonetheless, a fitting tribute to the passengers of United 93 is long overdue."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger B "It's a film for our time."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "Two hours of cinema that is uncomfortable and sobering to withstand, but impossible to take your eyes off of."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Un tenso y atrapante relato que imagina, con un realismo casi documental, lo que pudo haber sucedido a bordo del fatídico vuelo."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A "It's a sensitive, brilliant, uncynical re-creation, one that seeks not to exploit the dead but to commemorate them."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "While there are many stories to be told that we haven't heard yet, there will never be a better film made about 9/11 than Paul Greengrass' United 93."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 3.5/4 "Greengrass se limita a observar, y nos entrega por completo a los espectadores la responsabilidad de alcanzar conclusiones."   Doncinema.com   Flavio J. Arosemena 3.5/4 "Intense, numbing and disturbingly surreal...perhaps one of the most confrontational and courageous piece of significant entertainment...lingering [with] potent inquisitiveness."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng A "A viscerally lacerating, emotionally wrenching experience...that melds the starkness of documentary with the power of drama."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "The film could have watered the seeds of fear and hate inside us; instead, we found our hearts going out to people everywhere facing incomprehensible events."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A "It has more to say about our collective failure, our rage, our sadness, our faith, our courage, our mistakes, and our regret than a million reviews (including this one)."   Modern Fabulousity   Gabriel Shanks 4/4 "When I compile my Top 10 list of films for 2006, United 93 will be on it, and almost certainly close to the top."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "It is worth not just seeing, but worth cherishing."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/4 "A fresh and powerful reminder of the day the music died."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "Pure power."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 8/10 "One of the most powerful films of this or most any year of recent memory."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "This movie obviously isn’t for everyone..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 4/5 "With an emphasis on the facts recovered since the incident and a refusal to hold back, United 93 paints a startling and unsettling picture of one of the most terrible incidents in recent history."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi C- "Not much different than visiting the dentist for a root canal and needing a heart transplant when you leave."   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit "Greengrass can't improve on the truth, and fortunately doesn't try."   Light Views   John Larsen "It's not to soon to make this movie. But for many people it will be way too soon to see it. "   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 5/5 "reminds you how profound an effect a movie can have. How the hand guiding the camera, can dive into your guts, twist them around, and rip out feelings you never knew about"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 5/5 "It's a harrowing and beautiful movie, brilliantly executed, and does justice to its subject. I hope you will reward writer/director Paul Greengrass for his efforts. Not at all exploitative."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery .5/4 "The stench of death and dread permeates every frame of United 93, but it is nowhere near as strong as the stink of synergy."   Slant Magazine   Keith Uhlich 5/5 "We needed this movie."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "The best filmmaking brings flesh to bone and there are few dancing skeletons that could use more humanity than 9/11."   Pretentious Musings   Kevin Koehler 4/4 "Claustrophobic as hell, as director Paul Greengrass puts you right into that damned plane and won't let you out."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B "Greengrass is most effective in how he injects the mundane with profundity. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Too soon too soon too soon. How can I bear to watch this? I don't even know which 9/11 conspiracy theory to believe yet. Or maybe not too soon. How can I bear not to watch?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "As you would expect, this is not an easy film to watch. It is intensely sad and it brings up powerful emotions. At the same time, I did not leave the theater emotionally wrecked. United 93 is ultimately a healing experience."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ " I cannot tell you whether you are ready to see this movie. I can only tell you that when you are ready, this respectful, heart-wrenching, quietly devastating movie will be the one you want to see."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C+ "Emotionally devastating and yet strangely empty."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 5/5 "Greengrass has put forth a fine effort, eschewing hysterics and refusing to pander to those who would prefer a propaganda exercise to a serious film."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 5/5 "It plays out in such a shockingly authentic way that we feel like we're right there. And what makes this film vitally important is the way it challenges us to examine ourselves without ever making a big statement."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "I can say that United 93 has been done well -- with intelligence, compassion, efficiency -- and yet still question whether it was worth doing."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves A+ "A testament as inescapable as the memorial now going up at Ground Zero."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux A "The best film of the year so far."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A- "...a gripping story of fanaticism, fear, heroism and the human animal in all its shadings."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 6/10 "A film of limited ambition that may be before its time."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 5/5 "Stands tall as it pays tribute to the Americans that gave their lives that day in the name of freedom."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 4/4 "truly incredible"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson "I've never had a more excruciating moviegoing experience in my life, and as brilliantly crafted -- and as adamantly unexploitive -- as the picture is, it still leaves you wondering why it was made in the first place."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek A "Whatever monument is eventually built at Ground Zero or anywhere else, United 93 is as fitting and worthy a memorial to the victims and heroes of September 11 as one could hope for."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. 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