Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Reviews
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- Genre : Drama
- Release Date : January 20, 2012
- MPAA Rating : PG-13
- Duration : 129 minute(s)
- Production Budget : -
- Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures
- Official Site : http://www.extremelyloudmovie.com/
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unfortunately, the film's contrivances undermine his efforts
Review rate : D+
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
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though it's a difficult watch, and potentially upsetting to an audience
Review rate : A+
by Laremy Legel [Film.com ]
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the production's penchant for contrivance is insufferable-not a single spontaneous moment from start to finish
by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]
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the movie's depiction of the novel's forced grace notes reeks of fake
Review rate : D
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
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the movie is rough, difficult, and occasionally overstuffed
by Robert Levin [The Atlantic ]
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such an abundance of "epiphanies," one after another, amount to a tactical assault on viewer sentiments
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice ]
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pulls out all the stops trying to put the audience through the emotional wringer
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post ]
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most motion pictures attempt to manipulate emotion
Review rate : C+
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
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makes it believably, genuinely sad
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]
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laden with phobias, curious notions, an extravagant vocabulary, a mannered inclination toward metaphor
Review rate : D
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times ]
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it knocks itself out trying to break your heart, but it's too starched and blow-dried for its own good
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
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it hardly matters that Horn manages to give such a naturalistic
by Peter Debruge [Variety ]
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in structure and story, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" reminded me of "Hugo,"
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]
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has all the ingredients of a child's fable
by Ella Taylor [NPR ]
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emotional fluency and literary pretense go hand in hand in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]
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but Alexandre Desplat's score - which
is full of musical cues to the audience to
feel sad here! - only adds to the distraction
Review rate : B-
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]
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all it requires is something that Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close lacks: intelligence, depth and genuine sensitivity
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
