The Daily Star
Emotions run high in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, the boldest cinematic tackling of Sept. 11 yet. It's a project fraught with obvious peril, with pitfalls of sentimentality, exploitation or, simply, audience reluctance. The source material,...
Taiwan News
It Is no surprise that the grief-drenched Sept. 11 drama "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" should turn out incredibly mawkish. A cloying exercise in sentimentality, the film also winds up extremely annoying, even infuriating.
People.com
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Review Monday December 19, 2011 08:30 AM EST I should tell you that I was living in New York City on 9/11, and am not what one would call "over it."...Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), a frank, curious boy, mourns...