Critic's diss: 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'

26 January 2012, 9:02 pm

With 9/11 brooding at the center of its emotionally manipulative core, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close displays about as much modesty regarding the 2001 tragedy as Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign. Simply put: it's an exploitative sham. While the self-important drama would like to do for September 11 what a film like 1997's Life is Beautiful ( La vita è bella ) did for the Holocaust ...... Read More »

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