Though it’s unlikely that [Kenneth] Feinberg’s personal growth was tied so neatly to how the [9/11] dispensation actually played out, thematically this development can’t help but reflect on the current political climate.

| Jul 29, 2024

Only the acting talents of Stanley Tucci and Michael Keaton will hold your attention in this film, and it is for that reason only that the film should be sought out on Netflix this weekend. But don’t expect anything spectacular.

| Original Score: C+ | Mar 6, 2024

A film of extraordinary patience, empathy, and even unconscious bias that come with doing the right thing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 4, 2023

WORTH, a film about the September 11 Victim's Compensation Fund and the work of Ken Feinberg in assigning compensation amounts to the victims' families, uses two very good actors (Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci) in a strong and even riveting conflict.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 18, 2022

Calangelo impresses most with her ability to balance the enlightening legal proceedings with the heavier emotional elements of the story. She brings a sensitive and empathetic touch while also showing a remarkable amount of restraint.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Director Sara Colangelo never loses sight of the most significant message of "Worth": that the ultimate price of a human life is dearer than any spreadsheet can provide.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 16, 2022

Worth is a fairly routine biographical political procedural, elevated massively by fantastic performances from Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 28, 2022

The verbal sparring between Keaton and Tucci is the movie's great gem. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 4, 2021

Someone lit a match under Michael Keaton's career. He's back and in tip top shape as an actor.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 26, 2021

At times, the enormity of this aspect of 9/11 is too large for Borenstein's script, and it can do little more than gesture to it. That's understandable.

| Sep 28, 2021

Not to say I'm so jaded by these stories, but this time of year is saturated with flag waving, teary eyed, "let's pretend racism doesn't exist for a moment" type of content.

| Sep 24, 2021

Isn't quite a masterpiece, but it is an effective drama, one that raises some thought-provoking questions about the value of human life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 17, 2021

This complex and sensitive portrayal of the quagmire around a government fund to compensate victims of 9/11 is bolstered by excellent casting and a measured pace.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 17, 2021

Worth is an eloquent and even-keeled insight into the unpopular but essential housekeeping from the time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 16, 2021

Low-key, sombre drama about high-stakes issues post 9/11 that is intelligently written and sensitively directed, with notable, pared-down performances in the lead roles

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2021

Audiovisual presentism prevents Worth from establishing itself as a judicial? biographical? political? drama? that can spur committed political imaginary alternatives to the current res publica. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 13, 2021

An engaging 9/11 drama that's sensitively handled without being heavy-handed. Michael Keaton anchors the film with a restrained yet compelling performance. Definitely well worth your time.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 11, 2021

Although well-crafted, informative and well-acted by Keaton, the shortcoming of the humanistic film is that it can't answer the basic but impossible question it asks.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 10, 2021

Worth is not a bad film, and for this time of year, I understand why it has arrived now. It just ultimately feels a little empty.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 10, 2021

An affecting tribute to the healing power of listening to those living with stories they fear will never, ever be heard.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 10, 2021