The Path to 9/11

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 10, 2006
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 6 out of 18

Critic Reviews

  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Gloria Goodale
    100
    It's the best made-for-TV movie in years.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    90
    A work as shapely as it is sprawling -- no small trick -- it renders the complex history that led to 9/11 with a ripping power that can at times feel overwhelming.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    80
    It is intensely serious, and seriously well done.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Richmond
    80
    Powerfully acted, artfully produced and shot like a truly riveting page-turner.
  6. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    80
    The filmmakers' assurance makes this miniseries play more like bang-up drama than fact-filled documentary. Yet their facts pass informative muster, and emotional validity, too.
  7. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    75
    On a simple quality drama level, it's the best network miniseries in several years.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    70
    An unsparing, and at times hyperbolic, portrait of bureaucratic turf wars, buck passing and complacency.
  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    63
    Too confused for a documentary, insufficiently dramatized for a movie, Path simply doesn't have the skill needed to support its intentions.
  10. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    63
    Path sometimes feels like 24 downsized into The Office. [18 Sep 2006, p.39]
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Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best TV Season of 2006
39
#39 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
37
#37 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 84 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 84
  3. Negative: 37 out of 84
  1. BizT
    Jan 3, 2007
    10
    Fantastic! The only doubt I have is that Richard Clarke truly understood the threat from al-Qaeda and least of all that he was the only one Fantastic! The only doubt I have is that Richard Clarke truly understood the threat from al-Qaeda and least of all that he was the only one who did. Although Stephen Root does a good job capturing the arrogance and phony humility Richard Clarke showed in his testimony before the 9/11 commission.… Full Review »
  2. MattN
    Dec 26, 2006
    10
    This excellent portrayal of the events leading up to the horrible, predictable, preventable events of 9/11, should be seen by everyone. See This excellent portrayal of the events leading up to the horrible, predictable, preventable events of 9/11, should be seen by everyone. See how officials fight each other instead of the countries enemies.… Full Review »
  3. kater
    Sep 26, 2006
    10
    truly excellent. Both parties look bad, but still most reviews are political.
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