11'09''01 - September 11 Reviews

The most forceful contribution is by Ken Loach.

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Seeing September 11 now, five years after its completion, is a reminder not only of the visceral terror from that day, but also of the sense of shared global humanity that flourished briefly in its wake.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

Ken Loach's entry aside, this is a self-indulgent bid to wring arthouse kudos from tragedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Eminently worth seeing, arguing with, and thinking about.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

the best segments are from the most obscure directors... the big guns mostly strike out

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

An ungainly, intermittently harrowing omnibus filled with moments of piercing sorrow and rage.

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Some were reported to have expressed very un-American sentiments, but that wasn't the case at all.

'A pesar de lo fallido de algunos trabajos, es un sólido trabajo que muestra las diferentes reacciones de grupos étnicos e intelectuales a una grave tragedia'

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

You'll get a provocative picture of how a variety of filmmakers reacted to the events of Sept. 11.

| Original Score: B

An uneven but telling document.

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The results are not monumental, but they are a variety of sober responses to the tragedy that help place the event in a global context.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The short films range in quality and style from wonderful absurdist metaphor ... to breathtakingly dumb metaphor ... to hilarious satire to theatre of the obscure.

| Original Score: 3.5/5

Everyone can find something they like on the buffet.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

The best witness of 9/11 is 9/11, and Inarritu, as if honorably terrorized by the facts, turns to an Arabic quotation: 'Does God's light guide us or blind us?'

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

You have to take the duds with the skyrockets, but overall, this odd compendium is an emotionally moving experience.

| Original Score: 4/5

It was wise to wait two years to release this collection of 11 shorts, each 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame in length; even now, it's hard to imagine the viewer whose gut will remain unwrenched.

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11'09"01 - September 11 is a work that has resonance even two years after that [terrible] day.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

As a whole, September 11 never reaches any conclusions or ready insights. But as a collection of moments, the film often soars.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

For audiences with an open mind -- and more than just a little tolerance for different opinions -- there are at least a few moments here worth watching.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

The collection's overarching message is that, yes, it's still too soon for art to carry the weight of that day's events.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4