Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- serious
- reflective
- somber
- historical reflection
- serious movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found it a powerfully performed and rewardingly complex dramatization of real events, while noting that it is less hard-hitting than its subject might suggest.
What sets it apart
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Kenneth Feinberg must design compensation rules while confronting the irreducible personal losses behind each claim.
The September 11 attacks and their aftermath shape the fund, the families' demands, and the characters' moral perspective.
Feinberg and Camille Biros negotiate an administrative system while Charles Wolf and affected families insist on the individuality of loss.
The film focuses on mediation rooms, legal workspaces, and intimate encounters to make a large-scale tragedy emotionally legible.
Films like Worth, and why
The Report
shared true-events courtroom and institutional drama, ethical conflict, and restrained emotional intensity
Spotlight
shared biographical drama, civic accountability, procedural investigation, and morally serious tone
United 93
shared dramatization of national trauma, public institutions, grief, and compassionate humanism
A Civil Action
shared legal drama structure, moral ambiguity, and focus on the human cost of systemic decisions
Movie Details
- Director
- Sara Colangelo
- Release Date
- 2021-07-21
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (398)
Cast
- Michael Keaton
- Amy Ryan
- Stanley Tucci
- Tate Donovan
- Shunori Ramanathan
- Talia Balsam
- Laura Benanti
- Chris Tardio
- Ato Blankson-Wood
- Carolyn Mignini
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Worth about?
- A principled mediator confronts the impossible arithmetic of grief while building a compensation system for the victims of 9/11.
- What is Worth like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Worth as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Worth violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Worth.
- What did critics think of Worth?
- Critics generally found it a powerfully performed and rewardingly complex dramatization of real events, while noting that it is less hard-hitting than its subject might suggest.
- Which films are like Worth?
- Films with a similar feel include The Report, Spotlight, United 93, and A Civil Action.
- How long is Worth?
- Worth runs 118 minutes.
- Where can I watch Worth?
- In United States, Worth streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
