Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

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Season 1
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. Primetimer
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Sep 1, 2021
    100
    Turning Point is exactly the kind of serious, searing recapitulation that this moment demands. Its five expertly compressed episodes move briskly yet with care, choosing the moments and memories that have maximum impact.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Inkoo Kang
    Sep 9, 2021
    80
    Though occasionally dry, the docuseries’ sober tone also makes for a welcome refuge from the sea of maudlin or faux-suspenseful 9/11 content elsewhere.
  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Clémence Michallon
    Sep 1, 2021
    80
    Turning Point is a comprehensive, timely examination of the events, their historical context, and their contemporary implications.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Sep 8, 2021
    70
    "Turning Point" sets up the events of 9/11 in a far more routine way, although the ultimate objective of the five-part series -- tracking the motives of the 9/11 perpetrators not just to the 1993 bombing and its attendant plots, but as far back as the 1980s -- is a far different one [than National Geographic's "9/11: One Day in America."]
  6. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Sep 1, 2021
    70
    An upsetting, enraging, and largely even-handed history lesson about the past two decades. ... Rather than uncovering bombshells, Knappenberger instead serves up what amounts to an extremely watchable survey meant to function as the streaming service’s definitive 9/11-related viewing option—a somewhat limited aim that it mostly achieves.
  7. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Sep 1, 2021
    40
    It feels like Turning Point takes a half-measure, going over that day in some detail but glossing over what truly made it horrifying to the people who lived through it or people like us, who were just in the tri-state area. ... If you’re interested in either a 9/11 documentary or a War on Terror documentary, there are better ones out there than Turning Point: 9/11 And The War On Terror, which tries to go into both in depth and accomplishes very little that’s new.

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User Score
3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
  1. Bridgerk
    Sep 12, 2021
    0
    Propaganda to make biden look better. Absolute filth. Thats all I have to say but its making me type more
  2. JJRambo
    Sep 7, 2021
    5
    Not bad but it clearly tells a half story in many key elements, like forgeting Israel and the US support as a major issue for the muslims toNot bad but it clearly tells a half story in many key elements, like forgeting Israel and the US support as a major issue for the muslims to hate the US or the role of the US in creating the current Iran and how that has shaped the region and terrorism ever since.
    And from there it doesn't get any better in cherrypicking to ignore some events.    … Full Review »
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