Critic Reviews
| 100 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
It is very moving and very terrifying. And very respectful. |
| 90 |
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
"Flight 93" is gripping from the very first scene. |
| 80 |
Variety Brian Lowry
"Flight 93" eschews cheap emotional flourishes or gimmickry in a tale that needs none, featuring convincing performances and a gripping pace, particularly given the preordained outcome. |
| 80 |
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
"Flight 93" is gripping, edge-of-your-seat TV and a thought-provoking look at a story we all consider familiar. |
| 75 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
The film does its best work when depicting how a beautiful sunny day turns so dark so suddenly, and how both danger and heroism arise from the most ordinary and familiar of circumstances. |
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
A generous yet unbombastic treatment. [3 Feb 2006, p.62] |
| 70 |
Wall Street Journal Dorothy Rabinowitz
[It] has its strengths, particularly in its details of the hijackers' brutishness and the terror of the captives. |
| 70 |
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
It's well done, but not revelatory. It shows how a TV movie about an incendiary subject can succeed without resorting to overstatement. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield
A more straightforward but less affecting profile of the horror and heroism aboard Flight 93 than was "The Flight That Fought Back." |
| 50 |
Washington Post Tom Shales
For all the misgivings justified by its existence, the film is unquestionably well made, though it does not represent as substantive an effort as the Discovery Channel production. |
| 30 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
A harrowing, tremendously sad thriller that's utterly unnecessary. |
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