Worth

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Worth

PG-13

Released Sep 3, 2021

1h 58m

Drama

Biography

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Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm's head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.

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Critics Consensus

It isn't as hard-hitting as one might expect, but Worth remains a powerfully performed and rewardingly complex dramatization of real-life events.

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Linda Marric

The Jewish Chronicle

Colangelo's directing style is both precise and unostentatious. Here, she has given us a film which is unabashedly full of heart without ever veering on the needlessly sentimental.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 10, 2021

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

You won't find a larger critique of the litigious nature of American society here, nor even the full story of the fund, but no matter. What's there is gripping and thoughtful, with outstanding work by Keating, Tucci and Ryan.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 9, 2021

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David Sims

The Atlantic

Watching the bureaucracy shift from a source of frustration to comfort gives the film its arresting tension.

Sep 7, 2021

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Annlee Ellingson

CineWomen

Though it’s unlikely that [Kenneth] Feinberg’s personal growth was tied so neatly to how the [9/11] dispensation actually played out, thematically this development can’t help but reflect on the current political climate.

Jul 29, 2024

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Maxance Vincent

InSession Film

Only the acting talents of Stanley Tucci and Michael Keaton will hold your attention in this film, and it is for that reason only that the film should be sought out on Netflix this weekend. But don’t expect anything spectacular.

Rated: C+

Mar 6, 2024

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M.N. Miller

Music City Drive-In

A film of extraordinary patience, empathy, and even unconscious bias that come with doing the right thing.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 4, 2023

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 58 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Thematic Elements and Some Strong Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Meredith W

This is a gripping film because of its focus on the human stories that follow as part of the aftermath of an event as large scale as the 9-11 terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Centre twin towers. Michael Keating and Stanley Tucci are both excellent as they essentially square off as leader of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Keeneth Feinberg and widower community organiser Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), but ultimately this is a sombre rather than joyous movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Mushtaq S

Give the kids a break. They barely started their careers Not a bad movie at all. Wish them luck in their future endeavors.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Wil E

Fuuny, outrageous..a Cohen type ridiculous rendition of real life. Billy Bob always an attraction. It's so much better than what Hollywood produces now.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Kyle M

Unsung heroes with a noble mission tend to be obscured beneath the headlines, but their influences collectively build a worthwhile story. This film, with a reasonably explanatory title, adds onto the sensitively distraught narrative surrounding 9/11 with a finalizing question that pushes the thematic dedication with humane convictions empathetically written, during the financial complication as an unseen, unconsidered factor that was thrillingly treaded. At the end, it celebrates in memory after reactive, argumentative performances in concurrently compromising a line within respective objectivities, thus a positionally polished conclusion to the devastated impacts, despite the delivered pacing. (B+)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Patrick F

This is a good film. Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, and Tate Donovan all gave really good performances. The film shows an interesting chapter in the 9/11 story. The sometimes competing interests of protecting the economy, helping victims' families, and giving those families a voice was brought to the screen with tenderness in this film. Well acted and directed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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Synopsis

Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm's head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.

Director: Sara Colangelo
Producer: Max Borenstein, Marc Butan, Bard Dorros, Anthony Katagas, Sean Sorensen
Screenwriter: Max Borenstein
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: West Madison Entertainment , Riverstone Pictures, Paradise City Films, MadRiver Pictures, Wiffle Films, Anonymous Content, Royal Viking Entertainment, Higher Ground Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Some Strong Language)
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 58m

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