Stands as a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or, really, to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11.
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04/05/03
The Guys (2002)
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Reviews Counted:61
Fresh:44
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: A moving tribute.
Reviews for The Guys
Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia.
04/04/03
Simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy.
04/04/03
A well-made and moving but sad look at the aftermath [of 9/11].
04/04/03
Steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic.
04/04/03
Too much virtue can burden a film. But The Guys, based on the play Anne Nelson wrote in response to 9/11, earns its sentiment.
04/04/03
[A] stuporously solemn film.
04/04/03
The movie is emotionally convincing, and it's a thoughtful memorial to firefighters who died in the tower collapse.
04/04/03
Though it's not very well shot or composed or edited, the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal, the film shatters you in waves.
04/04/03
A movie like The Guys is why film criticism can be considered work.
04/04/03
In its own remarkable and unshowy way, this movie is truly about how Sept. 11 seemed to equalize and unite New Yorkers across imaginary barriers of class and lifestyle.
04/04/03
There's hardly any action, and, understandably, it feels stage-y at times, but the weight of the subject and solid, heartfelt delivery will keep you grounded through to the tearful end.
04/04/03
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04/04/03
One from the heart.
04/04/03
It demands we look back and shed a tear (or buckets full of them), but also helps us to march forward with a small smile worn in honor of those who leave behind happy memories.
04/04/03
Upper West Sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute.
04/04/03
Not a bad journey at all.
04/04/03
Sigourney Weaver shines as a writer who helps a New York fire captain, played by Anthony LaPaglia, find the words to remember the men he lost on Sept. 11.
04/04/03
Those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them.
04/04/03
This isn't a narrative film -- I don't know if it's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th, though I'm sure some will try -- but it's as close as anyone has dared to come.
04/03/03
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