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United 93 (2006) Rank 2 Reviews

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Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

A film of limited ambition that may be before its time. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

Greengrass has created an almost masochistic ritual that is hard to appreciate in a traditional cinematic way. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)

Un tenso y atrapante relato que imagina, con un realismo casi documental, lo que pudo haber sucedido a bordo del fatídico vuelo. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)

New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

... beat for beat, the whole thing plays out very much according to the Hollywood playbook. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

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. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

Ultimately, United 93 is a regurgitation of suspicious media-fueled speculation about events on an airplane that we know very little about. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)

An emotionally devastating film - not because of what it shows on the screen - but because of the heartbreak that it brings to the forefront of our mind. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)

San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Strictly in movie terms (after all, it's a movie), United 93 slips from suspense film to disaster film to horror film. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Cinemania (Dan Jardine)

A fear-mongering exercise at best, a prolongued and agonizing snuff film at worst. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Cinemania (Dan Jardine)

Slate (Dana Stevens)

United 93, as grueling as it was to sit through, left me feeling curiously unmoved and even slightly resentful. ...read the complete United 93 movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)

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