United 93
2 Oscar Nominations
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A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
What critics thought
Paul Greengrass's reconstruction of the Flight 93 hijacking landed as one of the most lauded films of its year, with critics consistently praising its documentary-style restraint and the weight it brings to a story still raw in public memory. The near-universal admiration was tempered by a dissenting strand questioning whose version of events gets told and who is elevated as heroic, making the film as ethically contested as it is formally accomplished.
“one of the most moving films of the year”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“gut-wrenching and surprisingly probative”
The A.V. Club
“United 93 is superbly made and authentic in feel, but the choices it makes about what happened on the plane – and who gets to be the heroes – are open to question.”
Alex von Tunzelmann·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Greengrass
StarringJ.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin, Starla Benford
ComposerJohn Powell
United 93
2 Oscar Nominations
A real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
What critics thought
Paul Greengrass's reconstruction of the Flight 93 hijacking landed as one of the most lauded films of its year, with critics consistently praising its documentary-style restraint and the weight it brings to a story still raw in public memory. The near-universal admiration was tempered by a dissenting strand questioning whose version of events gets told and who is elevated as heroic, making the film as ethically contested as it is formally accomplished.
“one of the most moving films of the year”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“gut-wrenching and surprisingly probative”
The A.V. Club
“United 93 is superbly made and authentic in feel, but the choices it makes about what happened on the plane – and who gets to be the heroes – are open to question.”
Alex von Tunzelmann·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorPaul Greengrass
StarringJ.J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Polly Adams, Opal Alladin, Starla Benford
ComposerJohn Powell
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