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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe result is 93 very long minutes' worth of admirably committed actors putting themselves through the emotional wringer to very little end.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPhelan makes nice use of the New York locations, but all the trees in Central Park can't make up for a clichéd script and characters who speak entirely in platitudes.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenEven if it ends on a hopeful note, this is a feel-bad movie that leaves a bitter aftertaste.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA painfully sincere indie drama that isn't content to evoke only the misery of 9/11 -- it has to reference TWA Flight 800 for extra grief.
- 10The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinAt least Into The Fire can't be accused of misleading audiences. From its overwrought opening narration to early shots of an empty Ferris wheel, it promises to be a dour, pretentious, humorless time-waster, and it doggedly makes good on that promise.
- 0Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf there's an element of Into the Fire that isn't rank and offensive, I've failed to find it.