"This film is so spectacularly bad that the bar for pretentious, deep-thoughts movies has been lowered roughly the length of my middle finger."
"This is a film so thoroughly rotten to its smarmy and diseased little core that tearing into it here hardly seems an adequate method of dealing with it -- going after the negative with battery acid and a sledgehammer might be closer to what it deserves."
"The production's penchant for contrivance is insufferable —- not a single spontaneous moment from start to finish."
"This is how kitsch works. It exploits familiar images, be they puppies or babies — [Auditus edit here to maintain the suspense, if only for a moment] — and tries to make us feel good, even virtuous, simply about feeling. And, yes, you may cry, but when tears are milked as they are here, the truer response should be rage."
"It’s Oscar-mongering of the most blunt and reprehensible sort."
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Maybe tragedy, box office efforts, and critical acclaim do not go together. I had some curiosity about Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close after reading one good review the other day, but now the critics seem to be panning it. Maybe I should see My Week with Marilyn as my mother suggested.
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