Parents need to know that this film isn't appropriate for younger kids and may be too much for sensitive teens. It includes explicit images of the World Trade Center Towers collapsing, mostly from inside the buildings (with crashing/exploding sound effects). It also features potentially upsetting television footage and recreations of Ground Zero, the air filled with smoke and dust, with fires burning. Early on, you see a body falling from a tower (and cops' horrified reactions); later, several men are crushed by the falling building; one dies on screen, gurgling blood from his mouth as another observes (again, horrified). At the hospital the victims' injuries are visible (broken limbs, bloody faces). Family members waiting for news are tense and sad, and some argue; a woman cries about her lost son; a pregnant woman vomits; some characters smoke cigarettes and use occasional harsh language.
Positive messages:Characters cope with traumatic circumstances with resolve, courage, and compassion.
Violence:A shot of the hole left by one of the planes shows flames; a tiny figure appears from a long distance, jumping/falling from one of the towers; scenes of the collapsing towers are disturbing (loud noises, chaotic editing, cuts to black screens); people emerge from towers bloody and dazed; TV image of United Flight 93 crash site in Pennsylvania; men lying beneath rubble are plainly injured (they have trouble breathing, lose consciousness, describe their crushed knees and other damage; a trapped man fires a gun into the air, then dies.
Sex:A couple appears in bed together during a white-lit, happy flashback (some kissing, much laughing).
Language:One "f--k;" other profanity used by injured men.
Consumerism:Mention of Target, CVS aisles show glimpses of products.
Very, very disturbing and violent. Extremely depressing and traumatic. There are so many deaths and the profanity isn't the worst. Not recommended for 13+ and under.
even though i'm american, 9/11 never affected me, and still doesn't. this movie was interesting, but dragged on and on... so boring. i know the movie wasn't supposed to point fingers at anyone, but people take these things so personally in my opinion.
This is pretty intense, and probably would not be good for teens under 17, but older ones would benefit from this personal experience of two firefighters trapped in the World Trade Center on 9-11. I was brought to tears a number of times.
This was a truly heart-wenching movie. It made me realize what it was like during the tragedy for the families and the victims. Although, no one will ever really feel how they did. Not something for kids under 13.
Making money off of this tragedy is greatly offensive. It was full of 'American' values, centering the entire plot around the male heroes. When the pregnant wife of the main character shows any sign of being emotional, her father suggests sedating her. Would that father have even considered medication if it had been his son? The only people of color who weren't in a heroic role were either behind a desk, or got very little character development.
A great account of 9/11 survivors.In attempts to make it as realistic as possible, they also made the language pretty realistic also. (1.5 f--k,a lot of s--t, b--ch, a--,d--n,h-ll, etc.) There is no sexual content and the violence may bother kids under 13.
A graphic intense movie, showing what happened on 9/11. This movie is worth watching. It has a good moral and can show first hand what happended on 9/11
Personally, I think this was a BRILLIANT movie, it was VERY disturbing, well I am pretty sensitive but anyway it encourages you to look further into what happened and learn more and those two men where SO brave, again, this is an AMAZING movie!
I entirely disagree with purplecatroo's review, and if that means that this won't get on the site it doesn't make a smidge of a difference to me. AMERICA,selfish? For heaven's sake, we were ATTACKED! You're right, it is a reality check, for people like you, who need a touching reminder that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave.