9/11 (2017)

This is How Movies Should Be Made

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

I guess maybe because I lost a family member on 9/11 this film really hit home for me. The acting was much better than what previous reviews have stated. Much of the story dealt with the real life emotions that m"Elany of the people trapped in the towers must have been going through. The ending was not your typical disaster movie ending as well. The writing of this film is based on the play "Elevator" and it is obvious that much thought and research went into the writing of it. "9/11" is a terrific film based on one of the darkest days our nation has ever seen and this film presented the story with much acuracy and compassion .

This movie was better than expected. There's not much more that can be said or written about 9/11 - it's part of history. However, this movie is about the will to survive no matter what. You really can't laugh about that. Charlie Sheen actually commits to a serious portrayal of a character. While we expected this to be a waste of time, it wasn't. It's an okay movie. The characters are as developed as they can be, given that this is a just minutes of their lives. Whoopi Goldberg's performance is notable (in a good way) as is that of Luis Guzmán.

When I saw Charlie Sheen and Gina Gershon were both in this flick (I love both of them and inadvertently fell upon the listing), I was like "cool" . . . and then disheartened when I saw the 3.6 rating. After scanning the reviews here, I felt like the lower ratings weren't 'on' and so I decided to go ahead and check it out. Happy I did. It was a really good movie all in all and the performances of everyone were pretty much outstanding, possibly even the best of the lead act-resses'/-ors' careers and I can't think of a negative thing to say about it either, so check it out.

9/11 is based on Patrick James Carson's play Elevator. It is a low budget film about five people trapped in an elevator in the north tower of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.I still remember a work colleague in Britain telling me what happened during that day. The way he described it I was not sure whether he was joking or not or whether the whole thing was just incredulous. I tried to go on the BBC news website and it took ages for it to download the headline page because of the volume of the net traffic.Charlie Sheen and Gina Gershon are a couple on the verge of divorce. He is a billionaire, the lift they use suddenly stops. Luis Guzman plays a worker in the lift who contacts Whoopie Goldberg who works in the maintenance room.The five people in the elevator are initially unaware as to what has happened but slowly they become aware especially via Goldberg what is happening all around them and they need to get out of the elevator quickly.The film does look a bit cheap and quickly shot but the actors give passionate and earnest performances, especially as it dawns on them as to the peril they are in and something very serious has taken place.Even the audience would fear the worse for these five people and that they make not make it out alive.The film does draw you in and rather captivates you as it goes along even though at times you also feel the film is manipulative. I can understand why the movie was accused of bad taste because of its release date near the date of the disaster.