A human drama, not a political one.

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2007)

Some months ago, I participated in some of the message board discussions of this film without having seen more than clips from it. Some of the boards had rather pointed political opinions, and I took part in some opinionated discussions. I believe that was wrong not because of my stated views, but because this movie has nothing whatsoever to do with the politics of the new millennium's world order.
Whatever one's opinions of Oliver Stone's political and militaristic views, or of the Bush administration or our current involvements in Iraq and Afganistan, in all fairness this movie has nothing to do with any of that. The plot of this film could have happened in any fictional setting, or in a million other situations in world history, but it happened to take place on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City, to two particular individuals and to their families.
Yes, there are certain inaccuracies in the details of the events as they unfolded, and there are certain gratuitous sops thrown to Catholicism and to the USMC, but those are not things for which this movie should be derided.
"World Trade Center" is masterful film making. The characters are well developed, completely identifiable, and the situations are true to life. The technical mechanics of the movie are unassailable.If you want to attack the film on it's political slant, you are making your attack on political predisposition, because the movie does not begin to address that. It is about the human drama of the men and women who where trapped and put in life's jeopardy on that terrible day.
This is a wonderfully moving film. It makes the audience look at their own relationships and priorities, and challenges them to better honor the best of us who are no longer here to share our lives.