No Argument
By Mitch Berg
The New York Film Critics name United 93 the year’s best film:
Marshall Fine, the group’s chairman, said it was a tough vote for best picture, with critics slugging it out over “United 93,” “The Queen” and “The Departed.”
In choosing the winner, “I think everybody agrees it was an amazing film in terms of telling the story without pushing a political point of view,” said Fine, film and TV critic for Star magazine. “It puts you right in the middle of the scene without telling you what to think or what to feel. It was really one of the most harrowing films of the year.”
It’s not a light watch; my insides were twisted into knots watching the movie, even though the ending was far from a cliffhanger. And the no-name cast is impeccable.
Harrowing is about the right word. But it deserves every honor it can get
