82
Metascore
20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardA gripping thriller whose terror -- unfortunately -- comes from real life.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenScores its ultimate coup de grace though its interviews. Macdonald has lined up an amazing collection of interviewees.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonStraightforward but nonetheless powerful documentary.
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterThe film, built of interviews with participants, is fast-paced, utterly absorbing and ultimately tragic.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannImpassioned and well-crafted, One Day in September is also grueling.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonSweeps us back into a terrifying and desperate string of events and makes us feel them - and, more crucially, understand them as well.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA gripping reminder of a brutal chapter of 20th-century history.
- 70Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerNothing, however, can diminish the sense of horror we feel at what happened that day in September, while Macdonald's revelations and the candid comments he elicits more than make up for the film's less successful elements.
- Given the power of its story, One Day in September seems at times to be pushing too hard.
- 60Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteOne Day in September does "being there" very well -- I just wish director Macdonald had spent a little more time explaining why we should want to be there in the first place.