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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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Brett Alan Dewing
Jan 27, 2012
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From the trailers, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close looks like an exploitational Oscar-bait 9/11 message weepy.  I had no intention of seeing the film until it scored a surprise 9th nomination for Best Picture on Tuesday.  And so, as I did with Moneyball, I approached it with a sense of duty and little in the way of positive expectations.

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