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Metascore®90 out of 100 | Universal acclaim

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    United 93 is powerful not only in the way it provides hope through the actions of a few unlikely heroes, but in its ability to take us back through time to a day many of us would prefer not to remember, but will never forget. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is a masterful and heartbreaking film, and it does honor to the memory of the victims. Read full review

  • 100
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    An unflinching, powerfully visceral and haunting portrait of the tragic events aboard one of the terrorist-commandeered flights on the fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Read full review

  • 100
    Time | Richard Corliss

    The controversial film that is unbearable--and unmissable. Read full review

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Pulling the bandage of sentiment cleanly away from oozing concepts like ''heroism'' and ''our nation's war on terror'' in the aftermath of recent wounds, here's a drama about the most politically charged crisis of our time that grants the dignity of autonomy to every soul involved. Read full review

  • 90
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    The result is a tense, documentary-style drama that methodically builds a sense of dread despite the preordained outcome. Read full review

  • 80
    Village Voice | Dennis Lim

    Best understood as a memorial…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. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Intellectually, we know we should applaud the marvels United 93 has accomplished, and we do. But it is a film envisioned as a monument, a memorial tribute, and in our hearts we want something more. United 93 should have been made now, when memories and passions are still fresh, but it may play better in the future. If we have one. Read full review

  • 75
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith Phipps

    We all lived through this not so long ago; it's an odd thing to make a film whose most striking effect is its ability to bring the feelings of Sept. 11 flooding back, then close on a profoundly disturbing note. A crasser film would have been easier to digest and dismiss. It's hard to do either with United 93, and that's either its genius or its folly. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Its focus is purposely narrow. But that narrow focus, along with the lack of fully realized characters, and the absence of any historical or political context, raises the question of why, notwithstanding the usual (if shaky) commercial imperative, this particular movie was made. Read full review

Avg. Fan Rating:
Average Rating = 3.8 out of 5

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