TUCKER'S TAKE on "United 93"

Movie review by Lyle Tucker:

As trite as it might sound to say it, the film is a fitting
tribute to the people who died on the flight, and even
those who died elsewhere on Sept. 11. Writer/Director
Paul Greengrass has done a tremendous job in main-
taining a naturalistic tone that serves the subject mat-
ter well. Not once did I feel the movie veered into the
sensationalistic. In addition to the story of the crew
and passengers, you learn quite a bit about the com-
munication breakdown that occured between the airports
and the military, and the military and the White House -
assuming the script is as accurate as you would hope
(I was somewhat disappointed to find out that there were
children on the plane, which the movie leaves out of the
picture entirely - not sure I could conceive of a reason
where I would agree with that decision). Nonetheless,
the movie is a sober and effective examination of an
important part of our collective recent history.

Highly recommended.