The film has received generally negative reviews and is considered to be controversial . Based on 54 reviews , the film currently holds a 13 % rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes ; the consensus states : " With its jarring editing , dull love story , and silly dialogue , '' September Dawn '' turns a horrific historical event into a banal movie . " '' September Dawn '' received a rare " zero stars " review from film critic Roger Ebert , who described it as " a strange , confused , unpleasant movie " unworthy of Voight 's talents . The '' New York Post '' gave the film an unusual 0/4 . Justin Chang 's review for '' Variety '' described it as , " not torture porn ; it 's massacre porn . " Though he realized that the film was meant to draw parallels to the September 11 attacks , Chang remarked that the film does not " convey any insights into the psychology of extremism , aside from some choice moments in Voight 's persuasively complex performance " and that it was " ultimately less interested in understanding its Mormon characters than in demonizing them " ; the only praise he offered for the film went to the photography and location scouting done for the film
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