2021 · history · drama · political
Worth
Directed by Sara Colangelo1h 58m2021
Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.
Our read: Worth (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded history · drama · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured history / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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