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Article: Courage 'downtown' and at home: Oliver Stone's film about Sept. 11 disaster is powerfully moving; 'Little Miss Sunshine' disappoints.(MOVIES - World Trade Center; Little Miss Sunshine)(Movie review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 15, 2006
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Expectations can greatly affect our response to a movie. I was wary of attending Oliver Stone's World Trade Center because of earlier experiences of Mr. Stone's emotional exaggeration and delight in conspiracies. In contrast, the new film has been highly praised even by conservative critics who had previously fulminated against this director's "JFK."
Here he fortunately shows great restraint, framing his story of Sept. 11 around two Port Authority policemen, John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena), who come to the city that day from nearby Jersey homes to become involved in an epic disaster. There's wonderful footage of New York at Ground ...