"Cred cã asta l-ar face mândru, ceea ce este ce mi-am dorit întotdeauna"

This film is a strange one. It is too built up as to why the kid is really messed up, it takes far too long to hear that sixth message. If we knew about the sixth message before the very end I think the kid would have been less annoying and we would have given him much more sympathy. Unfortunately leaving that scene until the very end is too late to change our minds about the annoyance of the kid. Besides his incredible annoyance the idea of the film is much better than the film itself.

This movie seemed like it actually had a ton of passion of heart put into and it shows. The story, the characters, visuals, the soundtrack, the cinematography, acting ALL AMAZING! I loved this film from start to finish. I was afraid it would use 9/11 as a cheap plot device, but it totally was not used like that. It was a great film that was amazing like I have never seen in a long time. Can get a bit sappy though which can defiantly drive people away, if you can connect to these chare. go see it

I reluctantly accepted this booty call from my old friend Emotional Manipulation, and while I feel a little dirty about it I can't say I didn't enjoy it a lot. On top of that it has Bullock, who I can't stop adoring whenever I see her, and an on-form von Sydow. I unexpectedly (based on how much Daldry has pissed me off in the past) didn't mind this at all.

A story about a kid with Aspergers looking for a clue his dead father left him from beyond the grave. Oh yeah and the father died in 9/11 and was played by Tom Hanks. The only thing missing is perhaps an old man and Sandra Bullock... nope we got 'em. This movie demands love from the audience in an almost ridiculously manor... but what the hell I liked it. I know I shouldn't but I did. Hanks is my kryptonite.

Ai, ai, ou eu tô muito manteiga-derretida, ou a galera do cinema tá carregando na emoção. Aliás, "Tão forte e tão perto" peca um pouco por isso: quanta tristeza a do pequeno Oskar, vivido pelo excelente Thomas Horn. Apesar do chororô (ou por causa dele), gostei muito do filme. E mais ainda do Max von Sydow na pele do "The renter". Lubrifiquei as lentes. Valeu.

An ok treatment on tearjerker-america's favorite subject, and a good performance by Sydow..

Intensely moving drama featuring a flawless cast of heart-felt performances (with Bullock an extraordinary stand-out). Perfectly captures the spirit of post-9/11 grieving and mourning, coupled with telling an unusual and touching story in its own right; von Sydow's wonderful silent performance also adds much to the emotionally charged atmosphere, and Hanks is a perfect conduite for demonstrating a touching father-son bond.

56.500

A lugubrious, sentimental substitute for a meditation on mortality, this movie is even worse than Daldry's earlier film "The Hours," which is similar in its mood, glacial pacing and intrusive, portentous music. Max Sydow and Zoe Caldwell do their best, Viola Davis is wasted, and the young actor Thomas Horn is either without talent or poorly directed, for he attempts to appear autistic merely by being extremely loud and incredibly close.

It is Forest Gump with a much better story.

Reviewing this film as "Extremely Long and Incredibly Boring" is exactly as poor as this film is. Nothing screams Oscar bait like an autistic kid and 9/11. Even the kid is called Oscar, I mean come on.

There are moments of blistering truth, of painful sadness, of joyous hope. These moments and this movie have the audacity and emotion to stand the test of time and, in five years or fifty, not only will I remember it, I will treasure it. [Full Review]

I'm stupid. Very stupid. I cannot understand the deep meaning of this movie. I manage to watch it over 1h to understand my deep stupidity ...and my stupidity still prefers watching sweet-bitter comedies and CGI based adventures than this "artistic" bullshit waste of time. I prefer my stupidity and I expect from websites like criticker.com to protect my "stupid time" wasted on movies like this.

This movie deservedly gets a lot of criticism for its use of 9/11, but had any other tragic event been used in the same way the same criticism would still apply. There is simply no way to mask such empty and manipulative tripe even with decent directing and cinematography.

While the starting point was nice and Tom Hanks is his usual good self, the rest of the film is a bit disappointing at best, terribly manipulative and tear-jerking at worst. I know I should not have expected better, but one always hopes for the best...

...and that's why I'm ex-directory.

Quite a delightful watch; touching and engaging, although a bit overwrought and completely devoid of subtlety, especially towards the end.

The answering machine saves the movie!

Screw the backlash. In spite of its fairy tale moments and the degree of artificiality, this one is definitely a nice one to watch and it deserves a BP nomination at least more than The Help or War Horse

One of the most intensely annoying films I've seen, with a lead performance to match. I wanted to shove that fucking tambourine right down his throat. Don't even get me started on the idiotic story, the stereotyped characters and utterly shameless attempts at emotional manipulation. Cloying, sentimental Oscar bait bullshit.

This is both overrated and underrated. It doesn't deserve a best picture nomination, I think most people agree with that, but it also doesn't deserve all the backlash it's getting because it got nominated. It's a fine film, though a bit manipulative. I went with it for the most part, but there were a few parts that went a bit too far and became a bit unbelievable, like the self mutilation and the mom following him. The kid is great, Tom Hanks is just Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock isn't that great.

Buh.

Extremely Long and Incredibly Crappy. ... (And no, I'm not gonna waste any more of my time writing a thorough review).

It has Sandra Bullock and a kid as the main character so you go in expecting it to be awful but honestly nothing can prepare you for how truly miserable this is. I expect some manipulation when I go in to see a film but they used autism and 9/11 to prey on people's emotions in the worst way possible. The dialogue is so bad you might actually laugh if you aren't vomiting. Makes you question if everything Eric Roth wrote before this was just a gigantic fluke. Worst movie of 2011 by far.

the boy is a great actor but overall the whole thing is "extremely pointless and incredibly overrated"... the movie tries so hard to be emotional that you want to vomit...

This is a movie I wish I had more space to write about it. First of all, the lead character is wonderful... this movie doesn't just use September 11 as some trite plot device, it's a backdrop and something that affected many. To those critics who actually found that offensive, fuck off. This is a touching tale that actually looks at autism in an interesting way. If the main character is "grating" to some, that's the point. Try living with autism or someone with it.

Despite noble swings at making the best of what they're given from supporting players Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, and Max von Sydow, this movie is cloying, precious, and insufferable. Fuck this Oscar bait, and fuck the Academy for being good dogs and nominating it for Best Picture over a hundred and more worthier films.

At times Extremely Loud... is one of the truest and most heartful dramas of the year. At others its a confused, plot heavy mess that completely misses the point. Stephen Daldry never really figures out what he's trying to say, ultimately turning a story about a boy and his mother and the never-ending connections of humans into a dramedy about a strange boy and a mute old guy walking around New York.

I don't know what the problem is with people. If the film was fake and orchestrated, Horn's natural performance never let me notice. It's an emotional rollercoaster, and if I analyzed why I got sad and determined it wasn't the characters but re-living the event, then I'd have to wonder why there were so many moments I couldn't help smiling at as well. It's a touching story revolving around a tragedy, and it's up to you if you can handle that.

Tries so very hard to manipulate you in hopes that your sobs will keep you from noticing poorly written characters, overused voice-over said in whispers, and an utterly ridiculous plot. But hey they used 9/11 as a plot device so I guess we aren't allowed to dislike it.

Yeah, I know. But, I still liked it...

"Stephen Daldry abandons every lick of restraint in his efforts to play the audience like a syrup-greased harp." - R. Kurt Osenlund

Judging this was no easy task, the reception tending to either love or hatred, among critics and my own friends. The story is a damned mess, poorly resolved and filled with fruitless twists while failing to justify its use of 9/11. And the protagonist is an affected, obnoxious, self-important brat (the suggestion that he has Asperger's is repugnant), and Thomas Horn's best efforts can't fix that. There are moments that do work, however, and Max von Sydow and Tom Hanks make the going easier.

The only reason why I waste eight bucks on crap like this is dedication. And I don't even have a fucking job.

I am yet another lover of the novel - and a hater of the film.

In the shortest review I ever planned to write for this site, I had jotted down "this movie is goddamn retarded", and then hastily scribbled "THEN LEAVE THE PAGE". I figured I would owe you, the reader, an explanation. And the explanation is, this film is fucking baffling and insipid.

Obvious melodrama and oscar-baiting delivered by an annoyingly quirky child actor who doesn't stop talking. Ever. Sounds fun, right? (I seriously thought this movie was 3-4 hours long)

While on technical merits this film is sufficiently well directed it serves as a testament to all of the worst elements of indie and oscar bait cinema. The lead played by Thomas Horn is the worst lead I can possibly recall in recent memory, and the film is sickeningly trite to the point where recalling it even now makes me want to vomit. Its a film that makes one have envy for those who fell out of the towers and got to avoid seeing this in theaters.

While aware enough to KNOW when I'm being manipulated by, among other things, the 9/11 plot device, I do have to give props for Sydow's portrayal of a traumatized mute, and the interplay between father and son. But I do have to criticize the young lead's performance. It gets smashed in our faces for two-plus hours that he's extremely damaged, and we get that. But his autism-fueled behavior comes off as more annoying than sad. I found it extremely hard by the end to feel any sympathy for him.

7- recommended, good :: relies a little (lot) too much on the 9-11 tragedy, but none of the reactions from the supporting characters would have worked otherwise. The kid did a great job of carrying the film though.

If it wasn't for the fact that some scenes are so drastically tonally wrong for this movie it would be a great film, but that's a choice the made. 90% of it is, the rest is incredibly jarring. So it is worth a watch if you don't mind being dragged out of it every 40 minutes or so. The kid is great and Sandra Bullock proves that she should leave comedy the hell alone and stick to drama as she's good at one and awful at the other.

Excruciatingly annoying kid.

Story: 9 Screenplay: 9 Acting: 10 Cinematography: 8.5 Editing: 9 Entertainment Value: 9 Directing: 9 Music (Score or Songs): 8 Overall Production Score: 8.9

Obnoxious, nauseating, a total dud that made me want to kill myself; When the film ended, I was just left with the desire of finding and killing Stephen Daldry.

Daldry's post-11/9 drama should be at least authentic in some ways, because the background is too delicate to be completely healed, but the director chooses the short, obvious path of depicting loss, sorrow and grief as triggers for moments of sadness and rage. This film must be the most heavy-handed feature of the 2010s.

I suppose the intention was to show the difficulties of how a boy with Asperger's deals with tragedy, but the story is bogged down by an utterly boring scavenger hunt through New York City. Details are repeated ad nauseam, and strings of sub-plots are created and abandoned toward no purpose. The kid is talented and its Best Picture nomination teaches us how political the Oscars are, but it's otherwise worthless.