" Who knew those heartless, shameless, money grubbing bastards in Hollywood could make a stunning and emotional film like this? It's never too soon to honor true American heroes. United 93 is clearly the first great film of 2006."
-- Michelle Alexandria, ECLIPSE MAGAZINE
" ...a respectful, accomplished, non-exploitative piece of historical filmmaking ..."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
" Greengrass has created an almost masochistic ritual that is hard to appreciate in a traditional cinematic way."
-- Josh Bell, LAS VEGAS WEEKLY
" 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."
-- Kit Bowen, HOLLYWOOD.COM
" The film could have watered the seeds of fear and hate inside us; instead, we found our hearts going out to people everywhere facing incomprehensible events."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND PRACTICE
" By sticking to the facts, Greengrass has created a surprisingly effective tribute to the heroism of common people and a cautionary tale that demands to be seen."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
" we needed this movie"
-- Kevin Carr, 7M PICTURES
" Pure power."
-- Jeffrey Chen, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
" ...a gripping story of fanaticism, fear, heroism and the human animal in all its shadings."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
" ... a gut-wrenching re-creation that represents a triumph -- a heartbreaking triumph, but a triumph nonetheless -- of you-are-there filmmaking. "
-- Carol Cling, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
" Not since Bowling for Columbine has a movie left me so shaken up or so close to tears; that alone is a testament to Greengrass' achievement."
-- Edward Douglas, COMINGSOON.NET
" With events as well known as these, Greengrass doesn't need to sensationalize. The film is more powerful when he un -sensationalizes."
-- David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
" 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."
-- Dan Fienberg, ZAP2IT.COM
" Writer-director Paul Greengrass' United 93 is nothing short of a direct refutation of all the conventional Hollywood wisdom concerning how such a movie should be made."
-- Scott Foundas, L.A. WEEKLY
" In its fitful remembering, United 93 raises important questions about the making of history."
-- Cynthia Fuchs, POPMATTERS
" Whatever monument is eventually built at Ground Zero or anywhere else, United 93 is as fitting and worthy a memorial to the victims and heroes of September 11 as one could hope for."
-- Steven D. Greydanus, DECENT FILMS GUIDE
" Paul Greengrass's United 93 is beyond devastating. His film about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is all the more numbing because it is handled with such dignity and efficiency."
-- Louis B. Hobson, JAM! MOVIES
" Many people feel United 93 is "too soon", and I certainly won't argue with anyone's need for time to heal. But when it isn't too soon, this film demands to be seen. "
-- Brian Juergens, FREEZE DRIED MOVIES
" Writer/director Paul Greengrass has brilliantly and movingly threaded the needle."
-- Daniel M. Kimmel, WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
" ...defiantly star-less, defiantly deglamorized, defiantly devoid of Hollywood hero worship - and all the more riveting because of it."
-- Josh Larsen, SUN PUBLICATIONS (CHICAGO, IL)
". .. for all its shock value, it is never exploitative, and it has something important to say."
-- Moira MacDonald, SEATTLE TIMES
" ...superb...haunting."
-- Tony Medley, TONYMEDLEY.COM
" It is a movie that takes us where we don't want to go but need to."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
" stands tall as it pays tribute to the Americans that gave their lives that day in the name of freedom"
-- Sean O'Connell, FILMCRITIC.COM
" Intense, unflinching and well done."
-- Jeff Otto, IGN FILMFORCE
" Although the film has been made with great finesse, it is devoid of showbiz exploitation."
-- Peter Rainer, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
" Some human beings rise about the crowd in grandeur, leave a warm glow every time we think about them and imprint us with their nobility. United 93 shows us what GLORY is all about."
-- Diana Saenger, REVIEWEXPRESS.COM
" A powerful and engrossing account undiluted by the sentimentality that often mars Hollywood depictions of history."
-- Pamela Troy, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
" A testament as inescapable as the memorial now going up at Ground Zero."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
" You can practically taste the tepid cabin air and smell the hodgepodge of colognes and deodorants of the passengers stacked beside you. You eye the terrorists with angst. Once the hijack occurs, you feel the fear pulsing throughout the plane."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
" United 93 is a tactful eulogy that could have been ravaged by a Jerry Bruckheimer-esque production of fiery explosions, Aerosmith tracks and Ben Affleck cameos."
-- Mike Ward, RICHMOND.COM
" Intelligently and impeccably made ..."
-- E! ONLINE
" United 93 is one of the most important, necessary, and difficult films of our time."
-- Gary Goldstein, REEL.COM
" When I compile my Top 10 list of films for 2006, United 93 will be on it, and almost certainly close to the top."
-- James Berardinelli, REELVIEWS
" Greengrass' own formidable version brings [the story of United Airlines Flight 93] to life -- and to death -- with a bluntness and nobility that are almost too hard to bear."
-- Amy Biancolli, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
" ... you come out feeling that the filmmakers have done the right thing by this day."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
" United 93 doesn't provide tidy answers or emotional catharsis, but it is a courageous exploration of painful issues."
-- Colin Covert, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
" ... beat for beat, the whole thing plays out very much according to the Hollywood playbook."
-- Manohla Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES
" A few people made extraordinary use of those tormented minutes, and United 93 fully honors what was original and spontaneous and brave in their refusal to go quietly."
-- David Denby, NEW YORKER
" Others have attempted to tell us about Flight 93, but Greengrass may have made the definitive account, allowing his movie to unfold in real time."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
" To watch United 93 is to be confronted with the grim chaotic reality of that autumn day in 2001."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
" ... United 93 is a riveting docudrama as compelling as it is odd."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
" Greengrass has made not only a thoroughly fact-checked film but a film that uncontrovertibly comes from the heart."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
" United 93 may be the best movie I ever hated."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
" ... this is a picture we all must see."
-- Peter Howell, TORONTO STAR
" ... in telling the story of the one terrorist-commandeered jet that did not hit its target on Sept. 11, 2001, United 93 does so much right."
-- Lisa Kennedy, DENVER POST
" ... a powerful and thoughtful dramatization of the terrorist crash of United Flight 93 ..."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
" 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."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
" This is art engaging grim reality in the hope of perspective, understanding and perhaps even closure."
-- Tom Long, DETROIT NEWS
" It easily ranks as the best movie so far this year."
-- Bob Longino, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
" Taut, visceral and predictably gut-wrenching."
-- Brian Lowry, VARIETY
" For me, Paul Greengrass' meticulously researched movie was a deeply cathartic experience."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
" It is a docudrama done with great sensitivity, and with unerring judgment in the writing and in the depiction of the passengers and hijackers."
-- Jack Mathews, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
" It's hard to imagine any American not being moved by this film."
-- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC
" ... hard to watch, but impossible to turn away from."
-- Bruce Newman, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
" The film is lean, harsh and remarkably free of cant."
-- Michael Phillips, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
" It is undeniably the most gut-wrenching and captivating film released this year."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
" There's no way to watch United 93, Paul Greengrass' heartbreaking, pulse-pounding drama about the lone hijacked commercial airliner that failed to reach its target on Sept. 11, 2001, and not anticipate the dreadful outcome."
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
" ... United 93 is an exemplary attempt to relive history, inspired and powerful."
-- Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER " This is the best movie so far this year [and] I think it's the most important film."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
" [Paul Greengrass] keeps a cataclysmic story scaled to the vulnerable men and women involved."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
" United 93 is a shattering, yet effective tribute to men and women who, when faced with unimaginable terror and all-but-certain death, dared to resist their fate using whatever they could get their hands on."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
" ... a monumental achievement that stands above any film this year."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
" It's a mark of Greengrass' unequaled gift for believably re-creating reality that, once seen, it's impossible to get United 93 out of your mind, no matter how much you may want to."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
" United 93 is an exhausting but commanding work of art."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
" ... a film that honors its subject with solemnity ..."
-- Wade Major, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
" Reverent yet provocative ..."
-- Carla Meyer, SACRAMENTO BEE
" Greengrass has managed to create a taut, extraordinarily haunting film."
-- Rebecca Murray, ABOUT.COM
" One of the most gripping and deeply upsetting films I've ever seen. I honestly left the theater shaking with a combination of anxiety, anger and sadness I haven't felt since the days immediately following 9/11."
-- Chuck O'Leary, FULVUEDRIVE-IN.COM
" The knowledge of what's to come allows Greengrass to build almost unbearable tension reinforced by his characters' ignorance% and later, their slow realization of what's going on."
-- Keith Phipps, ONION AV CLUB
"There's nothing about United 93 that qualifies as entertainment in the traditional sense: It is an unpleasant, wrenching experience, which is just as it should be."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
" One hundred and eleven minutes: That's all the time it takes for a movie to go from indefensible to indispensable."
-- Steve Schneider, ORLANDO WEEKLY
" It's a sensitive, brilliant, uncynical re-creation, one that seeks not to exploit the dead but to commemorate them."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
" A viscerally lacerating, emotionally wrenching experience...that melds the starkness of documentary with the power of drama."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
" United 93 is almost too much to bear. Greengrass softens none of the blows of these horrific events."
-- Joshua Tyler, CINEMABLEND.COM
" Good luck having a 'nice day' after leaving this film. You'll be an emotional wreck in need of a hug."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
" Greengrass has put forth a fine effort, eschewing hysterics and refusing to pander to those who would prefer a propaganda exercise to a serious film."
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Who knew those heartless, shameless, money grubbing bastards in Hollywood could make a stunning and emotional film like this? It's never too soon to honor true American heroes. United 93 is clearly the first great film of 2006."