Ladder 49
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United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "The film is less of a drama than a tribute -- an ode, even -- to the spirit and tenacity of firefighters. Its makers hardly bother to explore the lives or motives behind their actions." | NEU |
United States | Baltimore Sun | "Celebrates heroes without turning them into saints" | POS |
United States | Chicago Reader | "This drama about Baltimore firefighters makes a serious effort to honor the sacrifices of professional rescue workers, but blasts of hokum keep threatening to collapse the building." | NEG |
United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "Fails as drama but succeeds as a 'When bad things happen to good firemen' procedural." | NEU |
United States | Salon | "Might have been an oversized Hollywood dazzler. Phoenix keeps it firmly and modestly on a human scale." | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "Predictable, square, and honorable all at once." | POS |
United States | Entertainment Weekly | "Aside from the awesome flames and pyrotechnic scenes of crisis, danger, and part-of-the-job bravery, the movie is a quiet salute; it does its job." | POS |
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