"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" has got to be the worst film I've seen in a decade. A mawkish, vomit-inducing, sentimental pile of horseshit, with a lead child actor you want to strangle half-way through. Not to mention, it's incredibly cynical in its intent.
To make this stupid, wrong-headed film seem interesting, they used the backdrop of 9/11 to give it some point. That cancelled any insight the film might have had. Instead, the makers' pile on the emotional manipulation throughout, until your forced to surrender, having had someone call an ambulance from the coma you've suffered, from the 10 pounds of proverbial sugar you've just swallowed.
Call it an urban "Hugo" without the enchantment, if "Hugo" did have any in the first place. AVOID!
Friday, 17 February 2012
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