An emotionally gripping tale, with misleading concepts

Rating: 4/10 (30 December 2006)

The movie itself was better than I thought it would be. I went in with expectations of a generic survival movie, which it somewhat was; but it also turned out to be a touching emotional story. What I didn't like, however, was the concept of taking such a negative part of our history and creating a happy ending to it. Stone's film, to me, lacked depth of information. It seemed like Hollywood decided to take a break on originality and simply find a way to turn a profit from everyones sorrow. A movie with the title World Trade Center should not be a heroic survival story, but a tragic truth to the events that happened on September 11th.
To put it simply, if you are looking for a generic and emotional tear-jerker that has very little to do with the events of 9/11 then I highly recommend this movie. But if you are looking for a movie that will inform and overwhelm you with the facts of September 11th, this film will only disappoint.