We've been worked over pretty well in the 20 years since the defining day of chaos and tragedy.
There are more than 20 new attempts coming in the next two weeks to squeeze the lemon.
Apparently there was not enough drama in the day. Nearly every attempt at re-telling 9/11 attempts to kick the ball a little higher.
Alas, being on the planet's biggest streaming service makes Worth unavoidable.
Producer/star Michael Keaton's attempt to wring tears for the chilly lawyer who put a price tag on each of over 3,000 deaths often rings false.
The tale, based on the lawyer's memoir, is suspiciously self-serving, illuminated by drop-ins of actors putting juicy, audition-level spins on the real words of families at the time.
It is beyond manipulative.
And, as a Slate piece notes, often false.
It's one more 9/11 movie.
There must be drama.
Keaton never makes the turn from icy numbers guy to troubled, loveable hero. Can't a "based on a true story" be as believable as Batman?
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"The corporate-lawyer-regains-his-humanity arc is pure Hollywood."
--Slate
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