Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"Oscar-trolling 9/11 kitsch."

"Flawed and sometimes overwrought."

"Moving, if heavy-handed, it's an emotional walkabout with real heart."

"Believably, genuinely sad."

"Sorry, but there must be richer ways of dramatizing so obvious a theme."

"A meaty whiff of phoney-baloney rises from this extremely contrived and incredibly preposterous movie, a mawkish, precious and bizarre fantasy of emotional pain."

"Solidly crafted, impeccably acted and self-important in the way that Oscar loves, 'Extremely Loud' is also incredibly close to exploitation."

"This plot is contrivance and folderol."

"A film filled with both sentiment and substance."

"Artificial and contrived."

"An affecting, well acted tale of 9/11 trauma."

"It's challenging, divisive and has moments of beauty but leaves you cold."

"Rapidly becomes tiresome."

"You rather end up wishing Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close would just pipe down and back off."

"An appalling adaptation."