Metacritic Movie Ratings
United 93 Reviews

5.0

out of 100

Metascore^®
Universal acclaim
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

100

out of 100

USA TodayClaudia Puig
An unflinching, powerfully visceral and haunting portrait of the tragic events aboard one of the terrorist-commandeered flights on the fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

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100

out of 100

Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is a masterful and heartbreaking film, and it does honor to the memory of the victims.

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100

out of 100

The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Greengrass has made not only a thoroughly fact-checked film but a film that uncontrovertibly comes from the heart.

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91

out of 100

Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Pulling the bandage of sentiment cleanly away from oozing concepts like ''heroism'' and ''our nation's war on terror'' in the aftermath of recent wounds, here's a drama about the most politically charged crisis of our time that grants the dignity of autonomy to every soul involved.

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90

out of 100

VarietyBrian Lowry
The result is a tense, documentary-style drama that methodically builds a sense of dread despite the preordained outcome.

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80

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Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Intellectually, we know we should applaud the marvels United 93 has accomplished, and we do. But it is a film envisioned as a monument, a memorial tribute, and in our hearts we want something more. United 93 should have been made now, when memories and passions are still fresh, but it may play better in the future. If we have one.

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70

out of 100

The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Its focus is purposely narrow. But that narrow focus, along with the lack of fully realized characters, and the absence of any historical or political context, raises the question of why, notwithstanding the usual (if shaky) commercial imperative, this particular movie was made.

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