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9/11

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On the morning of 9/11, a messenger sings "Happy Birthday" to his daughter, a billionaire argues with his wife in a divorce hearing, a maintenance man begins his day, and a young Russian decides she's breaking up with her sugar daddy. When the first plane hits the World Trade Center, these five elevator passengers find themselves trapped. Forced to band together, they fight against all odds to escape before the imminent and inevitable collapse occurs.
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Zach Schonfeld Newsweek 09/15/2017
Now comes a new movie that uses the tragedy as heartracing backdrop, but has absolutely nothing to say about it, wielding the horrors of that day with all the subtlety and grace of a promoted brand tweet. Go to Full Review
Alonso Duralde TheWrap 09/09/2017
Even if the film relies too much on the real-life horror of the actual event to loan it some gravitas, the performances touch the emotions honestly and deservedly. Go to Full Review
Kimber Myers Los Angeles Times 09/08/2017
9/11 trades on the emotional weight of its namesake day, manipulating audiences into feelings that have nothing to do with the mess that is actually on screen. Go to Full Review
Hosea Rupprecht Pauline Media Studies 08/25/2021
The misnamed film does little to honor the victims of that tragic day. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media 09/15/2017
2/5
Not the out-and-out disaster it looked to be, this well-meaning 9/11 drama is instead overwrought and acerbic and doesn't really make the connection between its fictional situation and the real one. Go to Full Review
Vincent Mancini FilmDrunk 09/11/2017
C-
The director Raging Bull 2 has done it again. Go to Full Review
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Klynn D. @klynn722 Sep 13 Charlie Sheen and cast were awesome! So many emotions watching this, :( See more Millie T Aug 10 Fantastic film not solely based on the entirety of 9/11 like most films/documentaries. Gives an insight to what it was like inside the building as you can’t see much of that from footage of the actual event. The acting was brilliant and intense. Very emotional and gave me chills at the end. See more Deepest Bluest Suede Darius Dick Stinger Apini Emanuel Grouch Nukem III AKA The Rumble AKA Jennyanyany McPoopface Bridgerton AKA The Count of Monte Fisto May 2 I give this movie two towers down. See more Taiga B Mar 29 This movie is based off of 9/11, but all the characters are not based on real people. The whole movie is almost entirely in an elevator of the twin towers, where a group of people are stuck inside. Together, they need to work together to try to get out, before it's too late. Possibly the biggest problem with this movie is that it feels like you’re watching a play. Even if it’s set up in just one spot (the elevator) , there could’ve been many other creative angles and shots that could’ve been done. The acting isn’t that great, with Whoopie Goldberg as a voice of encouragement, but is really not helping things. The discussions in the elevator gets a little repetitive and there seems to be nothing really going on. For such a horrific and tragic event, I expected much more from this movie. In all, this is a very messy and uncreative movie that doesn’t hit any nails on the head. See more Kyle M 09/29/2024 The acknowledgement of the horrific event that took place instantly envelopes the setting with dreadful tension, which boosts intrigue as a reactive aspect, regardless of the embodiments involved because that’s the challenge the film moderately failed on. The characterized focus seems to have depend on the casting with unbalanced deliverance and dissuaded resonance vice versa amongst them due to separately clunky dialogues (eventually further refuted elsewhere), albeit affective, sorrowful grips as continuous dedications. (B-) See more Lachlan F 09/03/2024 Funny movie loved all the narrative of it and the people reations to the event were all very realistic See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis On the morning of 9/11, a messenger sings "Happy Birthday" to his daughter, a billionaire argues with his wife in a divorce hearing, a maintenance man begins his day, and a young Russian decides she's breaking up with her sugar daddy. When the first plane hits the World Trade Center, these five elevator passengers find themselves trapped. Forced to band together, they fight against all odds to escape before the imminent and inevitable collapse occurs.
Director
Martin Guigui
Producer
Martin Sprock, Dahlia Waingort Guigui, Warren Ostergard
Screenwriter
Martin Guigui, Steven James Golebiowski
Distributor
Atlas Distribution Company
Production Co
Vitamin A Films, Black Bear Studios
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 8, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 16, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$172.0K
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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