Anthony LaPaglia, Charlotte Simpson, Irene Walsh
In the days following the World Trade Center tragedy in the fall of 2001, a journalist (Sigourney Weaver) agrees to help a New York Fire Department captain (Anthony LaPaglia) write eulogies for eight ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 9, 2003
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July 21, 2008There are no active firefighting scenes in this movie but it is about NYFD captain who loses eight men in the WTC collapse. He is dumbfounded at the prospect of writing so many eulogies in one weeks and must enlist the help of a writer for help. I found this movie to be especiall...( read more)
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September 20, 20099/11 was a disaster that still devestates us to this day. We can't forget the horrific visions that we saw on that day and probably never will. I myself have been to gorund zero and seen for myself the terrifying and upsetting wreck that ws the mighty standing tall monument that ...( read more)
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September 16, 2009Difinately have tissues ready, i cried at the end!
I quite liked this film, its a different apdation of what happen on the 9/11 as we get to see the aftermath with how people we're dealing with the tradedy.
Although, slow in places, Anthony LaPaglia brings so much emotion and ...( read more) -
September 16, 2009This is a tough movie to comment on, because i want to like it as i love Anthony Lapaglia and Sigourney weaver is amazing in this but it is a slow movie, really emotional and depressing and just not very much going on, i think they could of added a bit moreto this movie but it wa...( read more)
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June 26, 2008Break out the tissue. This is a great film remembering the firemen that were lost in 9/11
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October 17, 2007(2003 Director: Jim Simpson)This movie had a profound effect on me! Sigourney Weaver shows her depth as a writer in this character....called upon to write epithats for the many lost good men (firemen) from 9/11.....If YOU have lost anyone, you will recognize the look of feelin...( read more)
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August 22, 2007Not the best as far as a MOVIE goes, but the theme behind it was real good. It's def. a good tribute too the men, and I respected that - but not a good "Movie", as far as that sense goes. Rather, a good documentary, I'd say, though.
Sigourney Weaver, didnt do that great of a job...( read more)
Critic Reviews
April 4, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today
April 4, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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. full review
April 4, 2003
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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. full review
April 2, 2003
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
An exercise in art therapy rather than a work of art. full review
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