9/11 (2017)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Better Late Then Never

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Horrible acting by washed up actors. Whooping Goldberg was atrocious and Charlie Sheen might have been on something the whole time during filming. Its almost unbearable to watch. Watch the Cage movie if you want to watch something about 9/11.

In the closing screen credits, the filmmakers of "9/11" implore the audience to "never forget" the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, this film treatment is all-too-forgettable.The film was adapted from a work of theater by Patrick James Carson, and, predictably, the characters are wooden and the dialogue is stage-bound. It is fairly difficult to "open up" the environment of a trapped-in-an-elevator story into a work of cinema. As the five passengers stuck between the 37th and 38th floors of the North Tower realize, they must pass the time through a deep, profound confessional about their lives. But the confessionals were neither deep nor profound.There was an effort to bring star power to the film in the casting of Charlie Sheen as Jeffrey Cage, the former "king of Wall Street," who visited the World Trade Center on 9/11 in order to finalize his divorce with his wife Eve (Gina Gershon). Luis Guzmán plays the dedicated "custodial engineer" Eddie. Olga Fonda is the gorgeous woman (Eddie is chided for calling her a mija who merits the score of "10") who has come to the tower to break off a relationship with an older man. And Wood Harris plays Eddie, the messenger, who reluctantly went to work that day instead of spending it with his daughter on her birthday. Whoppi Goldberg's character is fumbling around in the control room, helpless in her efforts to assist the apparently doomed souls trapped in the elevator.It is important to remember the victims and heroic first responders of 9/11. But this film played out more like a maudlin made-for-television movie than a feature film that sought to memorialize one of the most awful days in our history.

I must agree with another reviewer. I don't understand the bad reviews-this was a great portrayal of "unsung" victims. We know of the ones on the plane and the rescue teams, but we rarely hear of the ones that were in the Twin Towers. We can't rewrite what happened: we know how it ends. But this movie is not low-budget by far. It's a good way to see all perspectives. Kuddos!

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.