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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThe eloquent narration forSaint of 9/11 is delivered by Ian McKellen.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThroughout, Holstein makes no bones about the fact that Father Mychal was hardly perfect -- he was a recovering alcoholic who found salvation in Alcoholics Anonymous -- nor does he attempt to disguise Father Mychal's homosexuality, something he never made public but which no doubt grounded his gutsy work with gay Catholics and people with AIDS.
- 75Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerMore of a testimonial than a documentary, but it weaves together a portrait of a remarkable Irish-American friar, who was gay and a recovering alcoholic, and the many lives he inspired.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOverly reverent but still immensely touching.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie's steadily elegiac tone precludes it from creating a more lively, idiosyncratic portrait of a man who, by many accounts, was a wonderful raconteur whose gift of gab was complemented by a rollicking sense of humor.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThe simplicity and profundity of that faith, and the unquestionable nobility of Judge's death, are well captured here.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMychal Judge, the popular gay FDNY chaplain who perished in the fallen towers and was the day's first official casualty, has been so designated by this treacly, worshipful doc, something he would surely have deemed ridiculous.