World Trade Center

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World Trade Center

PG-13

2006

2h 9m

Drama

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Two Port Authority officers, Sgt. John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), become trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center after going in to help people escape from the buildings during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Critics Consensus

As a visually stunning tribute to lives lost in tragedy, World Trade Center succeeds unequivocally, and it is more politically muted than many of Stone's other works.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

08/22/2018

Admittedly, there are a few great shots... But, still, none of it says anything new. And it's just so sentimental.

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Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic

10/26/2006

(Director Oliver) Stone has concentrated on one of the catastrophe's stories and has fashioned it well -- with almost palpable physical detail, and with performances that never sink to exploitation.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

10/01/2006

3/5

It celebrates the courage of the rescue teams and the fortitude of their families while giving you a visceral sense of what it was like to be among them.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

09/11/2024

6/10

Stone manages to give it a well-intentioned treatment that often honors the heroism of the rescuers, but its plot slowly collapses when it stretches out the episodes of familiar clichés and far-fetched sentimentality. [Full review in Spanish]

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

02/14/2021

Stone's work is thoroughly conformist and encourages various forms of backwardness.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

11/20/2019

I can't recommend World Trade Center, but I will say I respect the effort. Still, I think the material deserved a better final product than the one that Stone has delivered.

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made4change T

@Jaheeeem Jun 9

Just a very awful movie. Only shows 9/11 for the first few minutes with stunning inaccuracies that anyone with a site map couldve easily avoided. (2 WTC doesnt have columns at the base in the lobby?? lol) There are so many 9/11 stories to tell and they chose fictional characters instead of the real heroes of that day. This couldve been a real time depiction of the event but a choice was made to rush everything to just get these guys in the complex so the building can fall on them. overall a waste of time. The walk did a much better job bringing the towers to life and the naudet brothers home video shows the scale and tragedy of 9/11 so much better. Really do not recommend.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Mar 4

World Trade Canter (2006) Honestly, it's an interesting movie to watch and follow until the end, but there are certain moments that unfortunately make you want to stop watching.

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Gregory S

@Gregory566 Dec 24

This is a great movie, and you can tell that everyone involved cared for the telling of it. I cried, laughed, and also got angry again. I am thankful that I was serving during this time and was able to bring a few of these pathetic losers to justice. We will NEVER forget.

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Michael M

@Michael_Myers Oct 17

Very well made movie for 2006.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Sep 12

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Michael C

@Mikey2k200 Sep 12

I shouldn't be emotional that one man (first responders or not) made it out alive. I should've been mourning the ENTIRE devastated city and its residents. Truly missed opportunity

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Synopsis

Two Port Authority officers, Sgt. John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Peña), become trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center after going in to help people escape from the buildings during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Debra Hill, Moritz Borman, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter: Andrea Berloff
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Double Feature Films, Intermedia Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Intense and Emotional Content|Some Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.2M
Runtime: 2h 9m