Gut-wrenching

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2007)

Greengrass has made all the right choices in this production, unknown actors, naturalistic, a documentary feel, understated use of music (allthough he could have done without a score completely). The result is an absolutely riveting, edge of your seat movie. The editing is superb, and you get a gut-wrenching feel for the passengers and their reality inside that plane that day. The whole event seems to be played out in real-time, and also include the actual traffic control chief who was working that day. A very authentic feel throughout, despite my minor objection about using a music score. The extras on the DVD, which include the actors meeting the families of the victims, are deeply moving. A must-see movie.