“I once sat in a car forever waiting for my mom to come out of a grocery store. I thought that was the definition of ‘interminable.’ I had no idea ‘The Path to 9/11’ was in my future.”
— Chicago Sun-Times critic Doug Elfman in a review titled: Accuracy aside, ABC’s “9/11” deserves to bomb.
He goes on to say:
Controversy could boost viewership, except “Path” is the dullest, worst-shot TV movie since ABC’s disastrous “Ten Commandments” remake. It substitutes shaky handheld cameras and dumb dialogue for craftsmanship. It could not be more amateurish or poorly constructed unless someone had forgotten to light the sets.
An appalling secondary concern is the tone makes almost every pre-9/11 American look like a fool.
NewMexiKen hopes ABC pulls the plug on this piece of propaganda, but the simple fact is that a large audience would be 30 million and that means nine out of ten Americans won’t be watching it anyway — and Scholastic has already replaced its supplemental material for schools, a more important development than whatever ABC chooses to do.