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Movie ID: 1147
RT slug: united_93
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/united_93
Release year: 2006
Runtime: 111 mins
Wide release date: 2006-04-28
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2012-06-27
Tomatometer final: 90%
Audience score final: 83%
Genres: Drama
Directors: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Paul Greengrass
Producers: Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin, Tim Bevan
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-12 10:13:51
Updated: 2026-08-12 10:13:51
On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists seize control of United Airlines Flight 93 and three other planes. As realization of the imminent horror dawns on passengers, crew and loved ones on the ground, the courageous acts by those held hostage in the air count down in actual time.
Potent and sobering, United 93 treats the subject matter with respect, never resorting to Hollywood aggrandizement.
Canonical reviews: 208
Canonical fresh: 187
Canonical rotten: 21
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 90%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-12 09:59:18
Snapshot Tomatometer: 90%
Snapshot review count: 208
Snapshot fresh count: 187
Snapshot rotten count: 21
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| 2 | Richard Bekins | William Joseph Cashman |
| 3 | Susan Blommaert | Jane Folger |
| 4 | Ray Charleson | Joseph DeLuca |
| 5 | Christian Clemenson | Thomas E. Burnett Jr. |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240969 | Michael Clark | Epoch Times | Fresh | 5/5 | 2023-09-11T17:04:31.000Z | 2023-09-11 17:04:31 | The unorthodox casting choices by Greengrass lend the production an immeasurable level of realism. A filmmaker who often goes overboard with handheld cameras, Greengrass keeps that in check here, adding another layer of “you-are-there” believability. |
| 240970 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Fresh | 4/4 | 2022-07-19T21:35:12.000Z | 2022-07-19 21:35:12 | ...a top-tier endeavor that’s difficult to watch, for sure, but also incredibly rewarding. |
| 240971 | Alberto Abuín | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2020-02-14T01:38:51.000Z | 2020-02-14 01:38:51 | A magnificent, superb film. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 240972 | Micheal Compton | Bowling Green Daily News | Fresh | A | 2019-11-19T23:42:40.000Z | 2019-11-19 23:42:40 | An exquisite and respectful masterpiece that resonates with power, intensity and raw emotion, making it 2006's best film. |
| 240973 | Mattie Lucas | The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2019-06-05T23:27:07.000Z | 2019-06-05 23:27:07 | A well-crafted and respectful film. If only it had gone one step further in driving that point home. |
| 240974 | Namrata Joshi | Outlook | Fresh | 3/4 | 2019-01-18T21:41:54.000Z | 2019-01-18 21:41:54 | The film pulls you into its world, turns you a passive participant. You can feel the desperation of the passengers and as they run to the cockpit... |
| 240975 | Victoria Segal | New Statesman | Fresh | — | 2017-09-26T18:15:43.000Z | 2017-09-26 18:15:43 | What might be therapeutic for the families is not perhaps meant for public consumption. After all, few things are more private than the last minutes of a life. |
| 240976 | Daniel Mendelsohn | The New York Review of Books | Rotten | — | 2017-08-18T23:41:49.000Z | 2017-08-18 23:41:49 | All that United 93 can tell us. . .is that many people are brave and some people are dastardly. |
| 240977 | Hannah Brown | Jerusalem Post | Fresh | 4/4 | 2016-03-22T14:51:25.000Z | 2016-03-22 14:51:25 | It's a difficult and upsetting experience but a worthwhile one, which will linger in your mind long after the film ends. |
| 240978 | James Hughes | Stop Smiling | Fresh | — | 2014-03-05T12:50:22.000Z | 2014-03-05 12:50:22 | Above all, one truth remains: the sacrifice of the 40 passengers on Flight 93 is truly remarkable. The film portrays their courage in the face of staggering odds in its own subjective and respectful way. It achieves what it wants as a film. |
| 240979 | Fernando F. Croce | CinePassion | Rotten | — | 2009-08-30T14:25:44.000Z | 2009-08-30 14:25:44 | A black hole |
| 240980 | Felix Vasquez Jr. | Cinema Crazed | Fresh | — | 2009-04-29T03:15:37.000Z | 2009-04-29 03:15:37 | A flawed, but gripping well-crafted piece of drama... |
| 240981 | Brandon Fibbs | BrandonFibbs.com | Fresh | 10/10 | 2008-02-28T15:03:41.000Z | 2008-02-28 15:03:41 | This is not a film you go to for enjoyment, but because you have a duty to endure it. |
| 240982 | David Ansen | Newsweek | Fresh | — | 2007-11-01T03:15:21.000Z | 2007-11-01 03:15:21 | This is first-rate, visceral filmmaking: taut, watchful, free of false histrionics, as observant of the fear in the young terrorists' eyes as the hysteria in the passenger cabin, and smart enough to know this material doesn't need to be sensationalized. |
| 240983 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Fresh | B | 2007-07-25T07:26:32.000Z | 2007-07-25 07:26:32 | I can say that "United 93" has been done well -- with intelligence, compassion, efficiency -- and yet still question whether it was worth doing. |
| 240984 | Joe Lozito | Big Picture Big Sound | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2007-07-14T03:20:56.000Z | 2007-07-14 03:20:56 | — |
| 240985 | Doris Toumarkine | Film Journal International | Fresh | — | 2007-03-01T03:19:47.000Z | 2007-03-01 03:19:47 | A supreme achievement. |
| 240986 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 4/4 | 2007-02-07T10:39:57.000Z | 2007-02-07 10:39:57 | Amazingly detailed in its narrative cohesion and editing, United 93 is a noble tribute to the tragedy of 9/11. |
| 240987 | Ted Murphy | Murphy's Movie Reviews | Fresh | A- | 2007-01-12T15:19:32.000Z | 2007-01-12 15:19:32 | Greengrass recreates the attacks on the World Trade Center utilizing existing news footage and it still retains the horror of that day. Despite knowing the ultimate outcome of this film, UNITED 93 is a harrowing and important film. |
| 240988 | Kam Williams | AALBC.com | Fresh | 4/4 | 2007-01-04T12:50:39.000Z | 2007-01-04 12:50:39 | Cinema verite at its very best! |
| 240989 | James Sanford | Kalamazoo Gazette | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-12-28T05:01:49.000Z | 2006-12-28 05:01:49 | Unlike 'World Trade Center,' this harrowing chronicle has scarcely a hint of Hollywood. ...'United 93'... thrusts itself into the heart of the action, whether you're ready to go there or not. |
| 240990 | Jonathan Rosenbaum | Chicago Reader | Rotten | — | 2006-12-26T11:55:18.000Z | 2006-12-26 11:55:18 | Greengrass takes pains to keep events believable and relatively unrhetorical, rejecting entertainment for the sake of sober reflection, though one has to ask how edifying this is apart from its reduction of the standard myths. |
| 240991 | Michael A. Smith | Nolan's Pop Culture Review | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-12-13T22:54:04.000Z | 2006-12-13 22:54:04 | ...a story about the resolve of a group of strangers that banded together in the most difficult of times to do what they knew in their hearts was right. |
| 240992 | Peter T. Chattaway | Christianity Today | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-11-10T09:36:25.000Z | 2006-11-10 09:36:25 | In a way, the film is a memorial. It honors the passengers who fought back by visualizing their experience and imprinting it on our screens for years to come. |
| 240993 | Enrique Buchichio | Uruguay Total | Fresh | 3/5 | 2006-11-07T10:12:03.000Z | 2006-11-07 10:12:03 | Un tenso y atrapante relato que imagina, con un realismo casi documental, lo que pudo haber sucedido a bordo del fatídico vuelo. |
| 240994 | Dan Jolin | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-11-04T03:28:58.000Z | 2006-11-04 03:28:58 | Impossible to recommend as a great Friday night out, yet agonisingly vital as thought-urging cinema. |
| 240995 | Dennis Schwartz | Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews | Fresh | B | 2006-11-02T08:24:50.000Z | 2006-11-02 08:24:50 | It's a film for our time. |
| 240996 | Daniel Kasman | d+kaz. intelligent movie reviews | Rotten | C+ | 2006-10-02T03:15:55.000Z | 2006-10-02 03:15:55 | — |
| 240997 | Ali Jaafar | Sight & Sound | Fresh | — | 2006-09-28T03:15:42.000Z | 2006-09-28 03:15:42 | United 93 terrifyingly conveys the nature of the threat facing the world today and poignantly conveys onscreen the decision by a few brave individuals to fight back. |
| 240998 | Joseph Proimakis | Movies for the Masses | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-08-31T16:43:44.000Z | 2006-08-31 16:43:44 | 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 |
| 240999 | Philip Martin | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fresh | 86/100 | 2006-08-29T14:42:02.000Z | 2006-08-29 14:42:02 | ...a visceral, emotionally wrenching film and an appropriate, honorable tribute to the genuine heroes on that fateful flight. |
| 241000 | Urban Cinefile Critics | Urban Cinefile | Fresh | — | 2006-08-05T01:36:34.000Z | 2006-08-05 01:36:34 | In 111 gripping minutes, United 93 tells a real life story whose ending we already know, delivering a tense and engrossing drama, in a moment of time when the world dramatically altered forever. |
| 241001 | Michael Clawson | West Valley View | Fresh | 3/5 | 2006-07-27T14:43:46.000Z | 2006-07-27 14:43:46 | With United 93, abandon your hope at the theater door. You know the ending, and it is no happy one ... |
| 241002 | Vic Holtreman | Screen Rant | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-07-08T03:19:47.000Z | 2006-07-08 03:19:47 | — |
| 241003 | Gina Carbone | Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-07-02T18:30:58.000Z | 2006-07-02 18:30:58 | Maybe 100 years from now someone will make a film that isn't so gentle, so tentative. |
| 241004 | Alan Dale | Blogcritics.org | Fresh | — | 2006-06-24T12:21:15.000Z | 2006-06-24 12:21:15 | Greengrass is a refined political artist, but United 93 goes pretty much entirely for gut reactions. |
| 241005 | Joe Utichi | FilmFocus | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-06-24T03:19:25.000Z | 2006-06-24 03:19:25 | 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. |
| 241006 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Fresh | A | 2006-06-06T14:08:37.000Z | 2006-06-06 14:08:37 | The best film of the year so far. |
| 241007 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-06-03T03:22:34.000Z | 2006-06-03 03:22:34 | It is the film of the year. I needed to lie down in a darkened room afterwards. So will you. |
| 241008 | David Edwards | Daily Mirror (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-06-03T03:22:33.000Z | 2006-06-03 03:22:33 | United 93 stands as a towering, unforgettable testament to the bravery of the people who died that morning. |
| 241009 | JoBlo | JoBlo's Movie Network | Fresh | 7/10 | 2006-06-02T03:15:32.000Z | 2006-06-02 03:15:32 | This movie obviously isn't for everyone... |
| 241010 | David Poland | Movie City News | Rotten | — | 2006-06-01T17:55:12.000Z | 2006-06-01 17:55:12 | Ultimately, United 93 leads to a dozen people fighting for their lives over about 12 minutes. Is there a message about the overall event? I don't see it. |
| 241012 | Matthew Turner | ViewLondon | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-06-01T03:16:08.000Z | 2006-06-01 03:16:08 | Gripping, harrowing and ultimately devastating, this is a powerful, visceral film with strong performances and razor-sharp direction throughout. |
| 241011 | Unknown Critic | Time Out | Fresh | — | 2006-06-01T03:16:08.000Z | 2006-06-01 03:16:08 | United 93 might be an insular response to a global tragedy, but -- taken on its own, limited terms -- it is powerful and sincere, giving reign to pity and fear without indulging jingoism or sentimentality. For that at least it deserves applause. |
| 241013 | Mark Palermo | The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Fresh | — | 2006-05-26T09:13:09.000Z | 2006-05-26 09:13:09 | It's chilling in its simplicity. |
| 241014 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Fresh | 8/10 | 2006-05-25T19:37:15.000Z | 2006-05-25 19:37:15 | One of the most powerful films of this or most any year of recent memory. |
| 241015 | Ethan Alter | NYC Film Critic | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2006-05-20T03:19:01.000Z | 2006-05-20 03:19:01 | Greengrass winds up mythologizing the actions of the passengers aboard United 93, which isn't entirely fair to them or to us, the viewer. |
| 241016 | Luke Y. Thompson | LYTRules.com | Fresh | — | 2006-05-19T02:20:37.000Z | 2006-05-19 02:20:37 | We all know how it ends; the tension is wondering when the characters onscreen will figure out the 9-11 master plan |
| 241017 | Nev Pierce | BBC.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-05-16T03:15:56.000Z | 2006-05-16 03:15:56 | It is emotionally raw yet unsentimental; it shows people at their most pained and inspirational; it is both brilliant and troubling. |
| 241018 | Stanley Kauffmann | The New Republic | Rotten | — | 2006-05-12T12:03:38.000Z | 2006-05-12 12:03:38 | This limitation in source material has had a peculiar effect on the script. Never is there a moment of repulsive sentimentality or exploitation, but neither is Greengrass able to realize an ultimate purpose. |
| 241020 | Unknown Critic | Bullz-Eye.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-05-12T03:15:44.000Z | 2006-05-12 03:15:44 | — |
| 241019 | Jim Lane | Sacramento News & Review | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-05-12T03:15:44.000Z | 2006-05-12 03:15:44 | There are no cheap Hollywood touches and no exploitation, only a tribute to the terror, confusion and courage of that awful day. |
| 241021 | Karina Montgomery | Cinerina | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-05-11T17:18:38.000Z | 2006-05-11 17:18:38 | 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. |
| 241022 | Brian Gibson | Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) | Fresh | — | 2006-05-11T16:13:37.000Z | 2006-05-11 16:13:37 | A visceral reminder of the gut-churning mundanity of the hijackings . . . shows that the blind war on terror . . . has been about bombast, symbolism and zealous overreaction. |
| 241023 | Nicolas Lacroix | EnPrimeur.ca | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-05-11T09:08:25.000Z | 2006-05-11 09:08:25 | Un candidat sérieux comme meilleur film de l'année. |
| 241024 | Lori Hoffman | Atlantic City Weekly | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-05-10T15:05:09.000Z | 2006-05-10 15:05:09 | If we were there, could we have mustered up the courage to fight back? |
| 241025 | Thomas Peyser | Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | Fresh | — | 2006-05-10T14:23:49.000Z | 2006-05-10 14:23:49 | A brilliant and harrowing document of human beings facing unanticipated terrors with a steadfastness that is all the more moving for being completely believable. |
| 241026 | Nick Schager | Lessons of Darkness | Rotten | C+ | 2006-05-08T21:38:38.000Z | 2006-05-08 21:38:38 | Emotionally devastating and yet strangely empty. |
| 241027 | Jackie K. Cooper | jackiekcooper.com | Fresh | 7/10 | 2006-05-07T15:29:12.000Z | 2006-05-07 15:29:12 | A respectful documentation of the flight that fought back |
| 241028 | John Wirt | Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) | Fresh | — | 2006-05-06T17:11:47.000Z | 2006-05-06 17:11:47 | A powerful and moving drama. |
| 241032 | Steven Snyder | Zertinet Movies | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-05-06T03:18:56.000Z | 2006-05-06 03:18:56 | It's one thing to say we'll never forget; United 93 asks us to sit down and try to remember. |
| 241031 | Scott A. Mantz | Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-05-06T03:18:56.000Z | 2006-05-06 03:18:56 | — |
| 241030 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-05-06T03:18:56.000Z | 2006-05-06 03:18:56 | It is worth not just seeing, but worth cherishing. |
| 241029 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | 4/5 | 2006-05-06T03:18:56.000Z | 2006-05-06 03:18:56 | A sober, humanistic portrait. |
| 241033 | Thomas Delapa | Boulder Weekly | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-05-05T12:53:59.000Z | 2006-05-05 12:53:59 | A film every American should see, if only to be reminded of how easy it was for a handful of hijackers armed with razor blades to mount a devastating and demoralizing attack on the most powerful nation on Earth. |
| 241034 | Christopher Smith | Bangor Daily News (Maine) | Fresh | A | 2006-05-05T11:18:02.000Z | 2006-05-05 11:18:02 | United 93 presses hard on raw nerves and then, in its final frame, it literally crushes them. What Greengrass has created is haunting and unshakable, the medium at its full potential. |
| 241035 | Eric Melin | Scene-Stealers.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-05-04T21:12:02.000Z | 2006-05-04 21:12:02 | It is through [a] complicated exploration of what it means to be human and the downplayed sacrifice of the passengers that the film achieves its greatest poignancy. |
| 241036 | Steve Rhodes | Internet Reviews | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-05-04T16:16:08.000Z | 2006-05-04 16:16:08 | The war is far from over. United 93 is a great film, which should bring that message home. |
| 241037 | Matt Pais | Metromix.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-05-04T13:21:09.000Z | 2006-05-04 13:21:09 | A heartbreaking account of a security breach and act of terror so horrifying, we might not believe it onscreen if we didn't know it to be true. |
| 241038 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Fresh | 5/5 | 2006-05-04T03:15:48.000Z | 2006-05-04 03:15:48 | 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. |
| 241039 | Ken Hanke | Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2006-05-03T22:17:27.000Z | 2006-05-03 22:17:27 | The material itself makes it seem less like an attempt at examination, understanding or some kind of closure than like picking at an unhealed wound and reopening it. |
| 241040 | John Beifuss | Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-05-03T15:48:29.000Z | 2006-05-03 15:48:29 | Greengrass is so determined not to exploit the deaths by 'entertaining' moviegoers that his film becomes almost an academic exercise -- an experiment to determine at what point deadpan dramatization plus audience anticipation equal emotional devastation. |
| 241041 | Andrew Sarris | Observer | Rotten | — | 2006-05-03T12:55:44.000Z | 2006-05-03 12:55:44 | Even the undeniable heroism of the passengers on United 93 doesn't edify as it should. |
| 241042 | Jonathan R. Perry | Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-05-02T15:57:51.000Z | 2006-05-02 15:57:51 | If this were a work of complete fiction, it would be an absolutely riveting thriller. That it's based on actual events makes it all the more horrific, and heartbreaking. |
| 241043 | Dan Jardine | Cinemania | Rotten | 48/100 | 2006-05-02T10:41:26.000Z | 2006-05-02 10:41:26 | A fear-mongering exercise at best, a prolongued and agonizing snuff film at worst. |
| 241044 | John P. McCarthy | ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Rotten | — | 2006-05-02T04:55:36.000Z | 2006-05-02 04:55:36 | This raw docudrama is too jarring and painful to recommend to a wide audience. |
| 241045 | Ron Wilkinson | Monsters and Critics | Rotten | 6/10 | 2006-05-02T02:49:48.000Z | 2006-05-02 02:49:48 | A film of limited ambition that may be before its time. |
| 241046 | Rubin Safaya | Cinemalogue | Fresh | — | 2006-05-01T20:15:58.000Z | 2006-05-01 20:15:58 | it's a respectable extrapolation that doesn't paint the terrorists as villains or the passengers as heroes. The movie doesn't need to. |
| 241047 | Eric Lurio | Greenwich Village Gazette | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2006-05-01T15:56:12.000Z | 2006-05-01 15:56:12 | When the public is ready, it'll be considered a classic. |
| 241048 | Mike McGranaghan | Aisle Seat | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-05-01T13:45:04.000Z | 2006-05-01 13:45:04 | 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. |
| 241049 | Angela Baldassarre | Sympatico.ca | Fresh | — | 2006-05-01T13:25:54.000Z | 2006-05-01 13:25:54 | Unbeatable, visceral and memorable. |
| 241050 | Gabriel Shanks | Modern Fabulousity | Fresh | A | 2006-05-01T10:42:54.000Z | 2006-05-01 10:42:54 | 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). |
| 241051 | Linda Cook | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-05-01T10:23:43.000Z | 2006-05-01 10:23:43 | Once again, a huge group of Americans -- moviegoers, this time -- will share an experience, remember, and reflect. |
| 241052 | Jon Niccum | Lawrence Journal-World | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-05-01T07:33:22.000Z | 2006-05-01 07:33:22 | The very act of depicting the events with such detached frankness makes for a far more gripping experience than any cinematic embellishments might provide. |
| 241053 | Sean McBride | Sean the Movie Guy | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-04-30T21:22:24.000Z | 2006-04-30 21:22:24 | God bless director Paul Greengrass, who finds the perfect tone for this gut-wrenching reenactment. |
| 241054 | Frank Ochieng | Movie Eye | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-04-30T21:06:45.000Z | 2006-04-30 21:06:45 | Intense, numbing and disturbingly surreal...perhaps one of the most confrontational and courageous piece of significant entertainment...lingering [with] potent inquisitiveness. |
| 241055 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Fresh | B | 2006-04-29T13:44:29.000Z | 2006-04-29 13:44:29 | Greengrass is most effective in how he injects the mundane with profundity. |
| 241056 | Boo Allen | Denton Record-Chronicle | Fresh | — | 2006-04-29T11:46:39.000Z | 2006-04-29 11:46:39 | Perfect approach for this hard-to-watch story. |
| 241057 | Todd Gilchrist | FilmStew.com | Fresh | — | 2006-04-28T16:54:37.000Z | 2006-04-28 16:54:37 | People say that it's 'too soon' to explore 9/11 in a film. They may be right. |
| 241058 | Pamela Troy | culturevulture.net | Fresh | — | 2006-04-28T16:47:46.000Z | 2006-04-28 16:47:46 | A powerful and engrossing account undiluted by the sentimentality that often mars Hollywood depictions of history. |
| 241059 | Telly Davidson | FilmStew.com | Rotten | — | 2006-04-28T15:30:09.000Z | 2006-04-28 15:30:09 | Like a photo dusted and wrinkled under a microscope by forensic investigators, the fingerprints of rights-clearances lawyers sadly mar and blur the picture's focus. |
| 241060 | Jeffrey Westhoff | Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-04-28T15:12:43.000Z | 2006-04-28 15:12:43 | Audiences might not be ready to see it, but Greengrass chose the right time to make what will last as a precise, necessary document of our era. |
| 241061 | Daniel Fienberg | Zap2it.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-04-28T14:56:23.000Z | 2006-04-28 14:56:23 | The supposed centerpiece of the movie is its least involving part. There's a crude transition from the ground docudrama to in-air melodrama that occurs about halfway through. |
| 241062 | Carol Cling | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Fresh | A | 2006-04-28T14:21:11.000Z | 2006-04-28 14:21:11 | ... a gut-wrenching re-creation that represents a triumph -- a heartbreaking triumph, but a triumph nonetheless -- of you-are-there filmmaking. |
| 241063 | Kit Bowen | Hollywood.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-04-28T13:57:15.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:57:15 | Be prepared. United 93 is overwhelming, telling a story we've all come to know so very well. It will be one of the most affecting movies you'll ever see--if you can bring yourself to see it, that is. |
| 241064 | Peter Howell | Toronto Star | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-04-28T13:31:38.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:31:38 | ... this is a picture we all must see. |
| 241065 | Dana Stevens | Slate | Rotten | — | 2006-04-28T13:28:31.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:28:31 | ... left me feeling curiously unmoved and even slightly resentful. |
| 241066 | Moira MacDonald | Seattle Times | Fresh | 4/4 | 2006-04-28T13:23:42.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:23:42 | ... for all its shock value, it is never exploitative, and it has something important to say. |
| 241067 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Fresh | 3/4 | 2006-04-28T13:18:53.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:18:53 | ... a powerful and thoughtful dramatization of the terrorist crash of United Flight 93 ... |
| 241068 | David Elliott | San Diego Union-Tribune | Rotten | 2/4 | 2006-04-28T13:16:35.000Z | 2006-04-28 13:16:35 | Strictly in movie terms (after all, it's a movie), United 93 slips from suspense film to disaster film to horror film. |
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