In the first half of the movie I wondered why it was called United 93 and not New York Air Traffic Control

Rating: 4/10 (2 March 2016)

Cause it spent more time on the ground with the air traffic control than it did with the passengers on United 93 in the first 50 minutes!
I was mind-numbingly bored of hearing the traffic control mutter amongst each other air-codes etc and watching blips on radars after just 30 to the point where I wasn't sure if I even wanted to watch more, I however did continue.
And luckily enough 50 minutes in director Paul Greengrass finally puts the main focus on what we as viewers came to see and expect from a movie named after a plane; which is a plane and it's passengers.
And I have to admit that the second half is actually good, the ending is great even but the fact still remains that the first half was focusing on the complete wrong things for most of the time when it should have put full focus throughout the running time on what truly mattered, the flight and passengers of United 93.
So yeah, I still can't recommend the movie for that reason, because a great ending does not take away from the fact that the beginning was really dull you have to look at it as a whole, which I don't think many have considering the enormously current high rating of 7.6/10.
Oh and also, Olivia Thirlby has top-billing here on IMDb but she's more or less an extra in this movie and honestly I didn't even notice she was on the plane until 70 minutes in (despite knowing pre-hand she was gonna be) she's basically the designated crier on the plane, which is a shame because I like her.
A bigger shame is of course the misguided focus of the screenplay and direction when this story deserved so much better.