[T]here's much discussion about whether audiences are 'ready' to see a mainstream movie about the events of 9/11... That's your choice, but you'll be missing one of the best films of the year.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
10 Aug 2006
fresh:
The world may not make sense anymore, but Oliver Stone, a warrior still, celebrating courage and endurance, has, in his own way, come home.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
15 Aug 2006
rotten:
[World Trade Center] doesn't pretend to encompass the entire catastrophe of 9/11, and that is its great negative virtue.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
16 Aug 2006
rotten:
Destiny pervades the project, and anyone who expected Stone to toe anything other than the company line was gravely mistaken.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
28 Sep 2006
fresh:
(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.