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Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2007)

With trepidation and concern for the topic I sat down to watch "WTC"
I am happy to say that all my concerns and misgivings were unfounded. I found the film to be a human and "real" expression of the people involved in this tragedy. I kept thinking how horrible and wrong such an event is. I found the actors and characterization of the civil servants, family and volunteers to be completely in since with the "best of what we as people have to offer one another".
A tear jerker, yeah, but not because of over acting, over dramatizing or an excessively emotional screenplay, rather due to the reality of the event/experience of real people in an unreal reality.
I am glad to be allowed to feel my own experience/memories with the characters/people who were there first hand.
I found both the trapped and their family reactions to be sincere and based within the spectrum of real human experiences.
Oliveer Stone and everyone involved can be proud not only because of the film but also being the first substantial expression of the experience of so many of us who were both directly and indirectly affected by this great tragedy.