Rating: 
Summary: Great 9/11 commemoration
Review: "The Guys" wonderfully desplicts the families' losses from 9/11. The screenplay writers display the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, leaving little to the imagination. Anthony LaPaglia and Sigourney Weaver wonderfully perform their roles as a NY fireman and a newspaper reporter. The cast and crew appeared to have researched the event through more than just news coverage. This is what made "The Guys" more than just a movie. It's a commemoration of the lives that were lost and the friends/families left behind.
Rating:
Summary: Great 9/11 commemoration
Review: "The Guys" wonderfully desplicts the families' losses from 9/11. The screenplay writers display the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, leaving little to the imagination. Anthony LaPaglia and Sigourney Weaver wonderfully perform their roles as a NY fireman and a newspaper reporter. The cast and crew appeared to have researched the event through more than just news coverage. This is what made "The Guys" more than just a movie. It's a commemoration of the lives that were lost and the friends/families left behind.
Rating:
Summary: Great 9/11 commemoration
Review: "The Guys" wonderfully desplicts the families' losses from 9/11. The screenplay writers display the aftermath of this terrible tragedy, leaving little to the imagination. Anthony LaPaglia and Sigourney Weaver wonderfully perform their roles as a NY fireman and a newspaper reporter. The cast and crew appeared to have researched the event through more than just news coverage. This is what made "The Guys" more than just a movie. It's a commemoration of the lives that were lost and the friends/families left behind.
Rating: 
Summary: Unusual movie, powerful reminder of 9/11
Review: *****
This movie is, on the surface, a simple story about a fire captain who is assisted by a writer in composing eulogies for the men he lost in 9/11. However, it is much more than this. As the writer tells her story (how she worked with the captain), she explores the many complex ramifications of 9/11 on New York City, and indeed, upon all of us. Moreover, as the captain and the writer work together, you come to see the firefighters individually, and to appreciate their daily service and sacrifice.
It is a moving and powerful movie. It is somewhat painful, but in a good way, as we all need to be reminded of 9/11, to never forget. There are no graphic scenes or heavily disturbing visual scenes. I cried at several parts through it. It deeply affected me, and I will not forget it, as I do many movies, once their story has been told. I don't think I'll ever look at firefighters the same way, either. Although it is a movie about one moment in America's history, it is a movie about all of life, too, and a good exploration of grief and existential things (without being preachy or intellectual at all).
The acting was great, music great, and it was put together in an unusual way--9/11 through the eyes of two people writing eulogies--who would think of this? But it works, and it works well.
This is a movie to own. If the idea of the movie interested you enough to even read this review, I would highly recommend getting it.
****
Rating:
Summary: Powerful and moving
Review: Anthony LaPaglia and Sigourney Weaver give powerful performances that grab your attention from the beginning and hold you spellbound until the end. Together they truthfully conveyed the raw emotions of people struggling to make sense of the incomprehensible. LaPaglia certainly deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Nick. He is truly one of the most gifted actors on screen. The only negative is that the movie ended so soon. I wanted to learn more about this captain and his guys.
Rating:
Summary: don't kiss my a$$ then
Review: I almost never cry at movies, but Anthony LaPaglia had me tearing up all through this movie. I'm not a big fan of soppy platitudes about 9-11, but this movie was very touching. It dismissed a lot of the big-picture stuff in favour of the minutia of people's lives that make them worth knowing about. This is a story about humans, not heroes, which I found refreshing.Sigourney Weaver is also very good, as usual. My only complaint is that there were a few instances of repetition in the writing. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be deliberate, as in the character repeating himself out of angst and stress, or if it was bad script editing. I noticed it though because it was jarring, which means if it was supposed to be there, it wasn't handled expertly by the writer. That could have used some polishing. Other than that, I thought this was a good movie, especially if you're a LaPaglia fan as I am.
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Summary: LaPaglia is amazing
Review: I almost never cry at movies, but Anthony LaPaglia had me tearing up all through this movie. I'm not a big fan of soppy platitudes about 9-11, but this movie was very touching. It dismissed a lot of the big-picture stuff in favour of the minutia of people's lives that make them worth knowing about. This is a story about humans, not heroes, which I found refreshing. Sigourney Weaver is also very good, as usual. My only complaint is that there were a few instances of repetition in the writing. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be deliberate, as in the character repeating himself out of angst and stress, or if it was bad script editing. I noticed it though because it was jarring, which means if it was supposed to be there, it wasn't handled expertly by the writer. That could have used some polishing. Other than that, I thought this was a good movie, especially if you're a LaPaglia fan as I am.
Rating: 
Summary: Are you kidding me....
Review: I have often wondered what I could get out of a particular movie. I wondered what I would learn, what enjoyment I would recieve. This movie, for the first time, gave me the idea of giving something back. This is not a great film on any tehnical aspect. The story isn't all that enjoyable either, but this movie was still a powerful reflection on the impact of Sept 11 on America specifically, but beyond that, it attempts to glorify the humanity which surfaced in everyone after the events. We may not take much out of this film, but we can at least give back compassion to the cause which this film is dedicated to.
Rating: 
Summary: 3 Stars as a film, but this is more than just a film
Review: I have often wondered what I could get out of a particular movie. I wondered what I would learn, what enjoyment I would recieve. This movie, for the first time, gave me the idea of giving something back. This is not a great film on any tehnical aspect. The story isn't all that enjoyable either, but this movie was still a powerful reflection on the impact of Sept 11 on America specifically, but beyond that, it attempts to glorify the humanity which surfaced in everyone after the events. We may not take much out of this film, but we can at least give back compassion to the cause which this film is dedicated to.
Rating:
Summary: Very touching
Review: I just watched this on Starz last night and was very moved by it's touching dialogue and beautiful theme, "Dawning of the Day".
I'm glad they didn't show any of the actual horror, that would've ruined it.
I don't think we're kissing anyone's a$$es by the way, we owe FDNY a great deal. Maybe, "Are you kdding me", you should think about that if they ever have to rescue you from a burning building.
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