The Reflecting Pool (2008)
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43% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
33% want to see it
(151 ratings)
A Russian-American journalist and the grieving father of a 9/11 victim join forces to challenge the government's official account of the events that unfolded on that fateful and tragic day in this incendiary thriller from director Jarek Kupsc. When successful journalist Alex Prokop (Kupsc)… More A Russian-American journalist and the grieving father of a 9/11 victim join forces to challenge the government's official account of the events that unfolded on that fateful and tragic day in this incendiary thriller from director Jarek Kupsc. When successful journalist Alex Prokop (Kupsc) receives a unique videotape that reveals newly discovered information about the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., he makes it his mission to find out as much as possible about the explosive new development. The sender of the tape was Paul Cooper (Joseph Culp), an American patriot whose daughter perished in those terrorist attacks and who now believes that the U.S. government is to blame for those horrific events. As Prokop and Cooper interview various eyewitnesses to the attack, stories of underground explosions in the Twin Towers immediately before the attack and the revelation that the president's brother presided over the WTC security staff finds the official story slowly crumbling under the weight of the unspeakable truth. Before long, the FBI begins pressuring Alex's editor, Georgia (Lisa Black), to reveal key sources and the magazine's investors are threatening to kill the entire story. Haunted by memories of his childhood in Communist Russia, Prokop vows to unearth the truth regardless of the damage it may do to his career. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jarek Kupsc
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Critic Reviews
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Rob Nelson, Variety
The 9/11 truth movement might believe it has found its JFK here, despite the cold, hard fact that the pic is criminally pedantic when not dramatically absurd.
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Nathan Lee, New York Times
The problem with The Reflecting Pool, an investigative drama that mucks around with 9/11 conspiracy theories, is not that its ideas are silly.
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Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Between Culp's melodramatic digressions in mourning, a toss to another 9/11 theorist as the film's only crackpot, and Kupsc's utter lack of visual and storytelling flair, fictionalization proves a feeble approach to convincing the masses.
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Prairie Miller, NewsBlaze
Provocative 9/11 conspiracy thriller in both substance and style.
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Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice Magazine
The effort is a noble one but letâ(TM)s let documentarians carry this crusade baton for now.
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Cast
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Jarek Kupsc
as Alex Prokop
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Joseph Culp
as Paul Cooper
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Lisa Black
as Georgia McGuire
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Alex Hyde-White
as Jack Mahoney
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Dominick LaRae
as Video Joe
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Bennett Dunn
as Jimmy
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Boris Mackovic
as Holman
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Jason Culp
as Mr. Alonzo
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Eric De Gama
as Mr. Brown
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Peter Coca
as Bocaccio
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Jennifer Foster
as Archivist
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Melanie Mitchell
as Ms. Bauer
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Phillippe Denham
as Professor Ballard
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Thomas Wagner
as Mr. Mingus
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Doug Knott
as Mr. Pierce
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Elizabeth Morehead
as Maggie Cooper
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Stephen T. Neave
as Corley
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Jillian Fisher
as Ms. Koenig
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Mark Daneri
as Agent Abbot
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Ryan Fox
as Jr. Agent Hill
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Michael A. Shepperd
as Mjr. Fredericks
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Casey Jones-Bastiaans
as Agent Bennett
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Lee Michael Cohn
as Katz Benjamin
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Michael Fairman
as Berman
- Sophie Mahmood
- Jackie Brooks