In another part of the plane someone is saying the Lord's Prayer and in the back a plot is being hatched to overtake the cockpit, but the most important thing is being able to say goodbye. It is haunting and powerful and gut-wrenching and numerous other adjectives, but it is also one of the greatest final acts ever put on film.
As the film ended and the audience just sat there in silence, composing themselves, the film lover in me wanted to stay for the next screening, but the person inside doubted I could handle it. For United 93 is not only the most important film made since September 11; it is also the best.
Starring: Lewis Alsamari, J.J. Johnson, Trish Gates, and David Alan Basche
Written and directed by: Paul Greengrass
R, 111 min, 2006, USA/UK
[1] Not counting Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Spike Lee's 25th Hour (2002), and several other films that have only tangentially been about September 11.
[2] I imagine they didn't include everything.
Article comments
1 - Casey Lunkley
Anyone who reads the 9/11 Commission's Report and compares it to United 93 can come to the conclusion pretty quickly that this was a money-making machine, and not some "brave" crusade from a director.
And I have a hard time believing you gave it the title of "best film in a decade" without a heavy bias on the subject matter.
2 - Lucas McNelly
if you read the review, you see that i didn't do that at all.
the title was not mine, it was added by the powers that be. i said it "makes a case for being the best American film of the decade".
3 - Michael J. West
Casey, did you see United 93?
4 - Casey Lunkley
Lucas, I did read the review. Three quarters of your review revolves around emotion, and what happened on 9/11.
And yes, Michael, I saw the movie. Though, I didn't pay for it. (Shh!)
5 - RogerMDillon
You wrote it was too soon for you to see the movie, Casey. Guess your aticle was just a lot of hot air.
6 - Casey
I saw the movie after I wrote the article, genius.