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 "Maudlin and melodramatic we expected. Boring we didn't."
-- Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
 "Steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"However clever Nelson has been in providing variation within the confines of her structure and staging, the question remains whether this should, indeed, have been presented as a theatrical release."
-- Jules Brenner, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Though not for everyone, The Guys is a somber trip worth taking."
-- Ross Brooks, CITYSEARCH
"...pays tribute to heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards--with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"A cathartic work that honestly tries to make sense of the unimaginable."
-- Kevin Courrier, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"No one can doubt the filmmakers' motives, but The Guys still feels counterproductive."
-- Daniel Eagan, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"LaPaglia’s ability to convey grief and hope works with Weaver’s sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class."
-- Dan Fienberg, L.A. WEEKLY
"Simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"An unsentimental albeit heartfelt eulogy to the firefighters who paid the ultimate price while saving New Yorkers."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"What makes the movie work — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers. Weaver and LaPaglia are both excellent, in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk."
-- Philip Martin, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
"An incredibly thoughtful, deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"A very well-meaning movie, and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the World Trade Center tragedy."
-- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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"Reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others. It also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions, but this kind of material is more effective on stage. It's not a motion picture; it's an utterly static picture."
-- Carlo Cavagna, ABOUTFILM.COM
"This is a beautiful and powerful film that is an incredible memorial to all the heroes from 9/11...they paint a picture with words that is so clear you really have a sense of these men you never see."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"A modest masterpiece."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"Stands as a document of what it felt like to be a New Yorker -- or, really, to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11."
-- Marshall Fine, JOURNAL NEWS
"Those who aren't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them."
-- Steven D. Greydanus, DECENT FILMS GUIDE
"Though it's not very well shot or composed or edited, the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal, the film shatters you in waves."
-- Shawn Levy, OREGONIAN
"This isn't a narrative film -- I don't know if it's possible to make a narrative film about September 11th, though I'm sure some will try -- but it's as close as anyone has dared to come."
-- Eugene Novikov, FILM BLATHER
"Besides the fact that it's about 9/11, it's also an effective film because you learn something about the lives of the firemen who are willing to lay down their lives for our safety, which was true long before the year 2001"
-- Greg Dean Schmitz, GREG'S PREVIEWS AT YAHOO! MOVIES
"A graceful, moving tribute to the courage of New York's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
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Avg. Rating: 6.2/10 |
"A movie like The Guys is why film criticism can be considered work."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"A truly moving experience, and a perfect example of how art -- when done right -- can help heal, clarify, and comfort."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"[A] stuporously solemn film."
-- David Hiltbrand, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Not a bad journey at all."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"Upper West Sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute."
-- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST
"Watching the film is like reading a Times Portrait of Grief that keeps shifting focus to the journalist who wrote it."
-- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE
"One from the heart."
-- Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST
" In its own remarkable and unshowy way, this movie is truly about how Sept. 11 seemed to equalize and unite New Yorkers across imaginary barriers of class and lifestyle."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"Worth seeing just for Weaver and LaPaglia."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"An eloquent, reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow, painful healing process that has followed in their wake."
-- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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"An emotional wallop."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
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