Rating of
3.5/4
A brave film
goodfellamike - wrote on 10/23/08
A powerful, moving and telling recreation of what occurred on September 11th, 2001, mostly in the Air Traffic Control towers and on the doomed title flight. No attempts to sympathize with the hijackers are made, which leaves the answers to the moral questions up to the viewer, and very little character development is established for the victims which makes the viewer feel as if they are simply another passanger of the flight as the tragic events unfold. It's a brave, thoroughly directed film with just a little too much high-tech military jargon being used (although I'm sure it's accurate) and it packs an emotional punch without ever feeling forced or manipulative in its dramatics. FInal Grade: A-
