World Trade Center

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World Trade Center

PG-13

Released Aug 9, 2006

2h 9m

Drama

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Two Port Authority officers, Sgt. John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), become trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center after going in to help people escape from the buildings during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Critics Consensus

As a visually stunning tribute to lives lost in tragedy, World Trade Center succeeds unequivocally, and it is more politically muted than many of Stone's other works.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Admittedly, there are a few great shots... But, still, none of it says anything new. And it's just so sentimental.

Aug 22, 2018

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

(Director Oliver) Stone has concentrated on one of the catastrophe's stories and has fashioned it well -- with almost palpable physical detail, and with performances that never sink to exploitation.

Oct 26, 2006

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

It celebrates the courage of the rescue teams and the fortitude of their families while giving you a visceral sense of what it was like to be among them.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 1, 2006

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Stone manages to give it a well-intentioned treatment that often honors the heroism of the rescuers, but its plot slowly collapses when it stretches out the episodes of familiar clichés and far-fetched sentimentality. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Sep 11, 2024

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Stone's work is thoroughly conformist and encourages various forms of backwardness.

Feb 14, 2021

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

I can't recommend World Trade Center, but I will say I respect the effort. Still, I think the material deserved a better final product than the one that Stone has delivered.

Nov 20, 2019

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Max W

The film itself is unremarkable, with the most compelling aspect being the real story behind it. Unfortunately, such a story is inevitably constrained in adaptation, leaving most of the content between the beginning and the end unable to fully showcase the talents of Oliver Stone, Nicolas Cage, and the rest of the excellent cast.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/06/24

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Audience Member

Gut wrenching movie - it’s a very specific movie to the involvement of a couple guys - so don’t expect it to give you the full story. It’s amazing how much more of an emotional tug a movie can be when you know the real, full story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Classical Y

pretty damn cool however much of the movie is spent under the rubble with the protagonists. To be expected from a movie based on such an event but its not for everyone.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Giorgio S

I excpected it to be better. Nic is ok but there are strong performances from Michael Peña and Maggie Gyllenhaal. There are two good cameos and the setpieces are awasome. The finale is one of the most satisfying I have ever seen.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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Cathy S

I thought I was excellent..Nicholas Cage was great!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/20/23

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Jacob B

While not as powerful as fellow 9/11 film United 93, World Trade Center is still a poignant drama with great performances from its actors and mercifully avoiding any "inside job" conspiracy theories given who the director is. I think the pacing would've been better if they kept the focus solely on these two police officers trapped in the WTC's wreckage (good job on I'm guessing a combination of production designers and VFX artists for how they designed its remains like something straight out of a post-apocalyptic film...which I suppose IRL it essentially was; I know some people who were half asleep and when they saw it on the news mistook it for a movie clip) and the attempts made to rescue them. But all in all, this is still a decent film that does a good job paying its respects to the victims of one of the most shocking terrorist attacks in history, even if I still prefer the aforementioned United 93's docudrama approach rather than this film's more conventional narrative structure.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/12/23

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Synopsis

Two Port Authority officers, Sgt. John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), become trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center after going in to help people escape from the buildings during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Debra Hill, Moritz Borman, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter: Andrea Berloff
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Intermedia Films, Double Feature Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Intense and Emotional Content|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.2M
Runtime: 2h 9m

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