The Christian Sciene MonitorWrenching and at times exploitive, 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' takes on 9/11 events as seen through the eyes of an...
Total FilmPrestige source, tragic yet uplifting subject and award-winning cast and director this feels like prime Oscar-bait. Moving,...
E! OnlineTom Hanks mugs irritatingly as a dorky dad for a few minutes, then dies in the World Trade Center on 9-11.
Chicago Sun-TimesNo movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one fo...
The New York Times Yes, you may cry, but when tears are milked as they are here, the truer response should be rage.
Wall Street JournalThe production's penchant for contrivance is insufferable -- not a single spontaneous moment from start to finish -- and the...
New York Daily NewsWhile aiming to explore the riddle of grief, this particular story fails by listening to strange angels.
USA TodayWhile flawed and sometimes overwrought, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close's tale of the effect of 9/11 on a sensitive boy is...
Richard RoeperIt's a unique journey that's equal parts sympathy card and celebration of human resilience.
Rolling StoneSolidly crafted, impeccably acted and self-important in the way that Oscar loves, Extremely Loud is also incredibly close to...
Chicago Sun-TimesNo movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one fo...
Chicago TribuneTom Hanks, Sandra Bullock ... Max von Sydow, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, John Goodman... thanks for your hone...
The Philadelphia InquirerNot for moviegoers who hold that heartstring-plucking is a betrayal of the contract between director and audience.
The Boston GlobeThe movie forgoes Foer's ambitious tweeness and presents Oskar's outbursts and moodiness - that precociousness - as a disord...
San Francisco ChronicleThe difficulty is mainly with the story, which despite all the emotion hovering around it, remains thin and uninvolving.
Washington PostStephen Daldry's extremely labored and incredibly crass adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel.
E! OnlineTom Hanks mugs irritatingly as a dorky dad for a few minutes, then dies in the World Trade Center on 9-11.
Hollywood ReporterAn emotionally potent, noticeably literary story of a precious boy's reaction to his father's death on 9/11.
ReelViewsFor one reason or another, there have been few quality movies made about 9/11. Maybe it's because the event is too recent an...
Entertainment WeeklyOskar Schell (Thomas Horn), a grieving 11-year-old boy in the unsettling, whimsy-glutted remember-9/11-at-the-holidays drama...
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Partial Film Information
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer: Eric Roth
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn
Release: December 25, 2011
Writer: Eric Roth
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn
Release: December 25, 2011
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