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- 2006
- R
- 1 h 51 m
- 2006
- R
- 1 h 51 m
Summary Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Greengrass writes and directs an unflinching drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2...
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Written By: Paul Greengrass
- 2006
- R
- 1 h 51 m
- 2006
- R
- 1 h 51 m
United 93
7.5
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Summary Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Greengrass writes and directs an unflinching drama that tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2...
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Written By: Paul Greengrass
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
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98% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
3% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 40 Critic Reviews
90
98% Positive
39 Reviews
39 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Paul Greengrass and his cinematographer Barry Ackroyd have created an intestinally powerful and magnificent memorial to the passengers of that doomed flight. It is the film of the year. I needed to lie down in a darkened room afterwards. So will you.
One of the most harrowing, viscerally upsetting films ever made.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 189 User Ratings
7.5
76% Positive
143 Ratings
143 Ratings
16% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
8% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 189 User Ratings
7.5
76% Positive
143 Ratings
143 Ratings
16% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
8% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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It is the highest compliment I can pay Greengrass to say that he is a master of the mundane, the routine and the everyday.
A respectful, accomplished, non-exploitative piece of historical filmmaking and -- for audiences -- a gripping white-knuckle ride all the way.
The movie is hard going, not least in the sense of powerlessness it leaves in an audience that knows exactly what will happen. And yet you come out feeling that the filmmakers have done the right thing by these people, and by this day.
Best understood as a memorial…Like most memorials, it is respectful, premised on competing obligations to the dead and the living, and eager to stress that the deaths were not in vain. It not only tells us we should never forget but also illustrates how we should remember.
United 93, as grueling as it was to sit through, left me feeling curiously unmoved and even slightly resentful.
Okay, there is a lot of controversy surrounding Paul Greengrass' 2006 masterwork ''United 93'' and i get why, sure i do, but i read a great deal of ignorant commenters pulling arguments out of their asses to have a reason to hate on this movie which is just plain ridiculous. They're saying things like ''It's bad because its unrealistic, the United 93 plane was shot down, they never reached the cabin, they didnt even have telephones to call, and things like that, which pisses me off, because if anyone does the slightest bit of research in what went on in and around the United 93 plane, they can figure out this movie is very close to the truth. (How far it is legitimately known ofcourse)
Calls were made, they have exact timestamps of when, they did reach the cabin there is proof of that from the sound from the Blackbox, the plane was not shot down, but crashed as depicted, because where it crashed it left like a 28m deep crater, and you dont get that by being shot down, you create that by flying into the ground with 900 km/h.
Now i have that out of the way i just want to say that ''United 93'' is an incredible film, it is realistic, visceral, pulse-pounding, gut wrenching, heartbreaking, emotionally heavy film. People might say ''Why choose this subject matter to entertain people and make money off of'' well my reply to those is, if there is one thing this movie isnt, it is entertaining, this movie is far from entertaining, its a heavy and visceral movie experience that you wont like, but it will move you. This isnt a movie you'd want to pop in on a Friday night to have a good time with your pal's. No it defenitly isnt.
As for the money making aspect, i dont think this movie made much money and it wasnt intended to do so (Unlike 'World Trade Center' which is also a very known 9/11 movie, that is most sertainly a bad film, United 93 is a harrowing chronicle and has scarcely a hint of Hollywood. ) , it treated it subject matter meticulously and paid respect to the victims of the horrible attacks.
United 93 is by far the best movie about terrorism, and certainly the best movie tackeling the heavy subject of the 9/11 attacks.
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Movie shows impressively how unprepared USA and also the whole aviation sector was for an event like this. Anyway, the film was made way to nervous and has many many repetitive scenes.
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This movie should have been a tribute to the heroes who gave their lives to save so many others on 9/11. Instead, they are portrayed as vigilantes who killed themselves. All they had to go on was the black boxes and the phone calls made from the plane, the rest is conjecture and, in my humble opinion, complete and absolute bull Nothing like this happened on that plane. They took a tragic story and hollywoodized it until it became a mockery. I was not impressed.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures,
StudioCanal,
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment,
Working Title Films,
Zak Productions
Release Date Apr 28, 2006
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Tagline September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
