History YMMV / ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose

%%* JerkassWoobie: Oskar.

* HilariousInHindsight: The film was released shortly before the premiere of ''Series/Touch2012'', which ''also'' featured an ambiguously autistic boy who lost a parent in the September 11th attacks, although the 9/11 connection wasn't mentioned as prominently there.
* JerkassWoobie: Oskar.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A story about an [[AmbiguousDisorder ambiguously autistic]] child that is not far off from being portrayed as a CreepyChild who lost his father in the September 11 attacks, which was a recent event during the book's publication, and has a B-plot of the life of his grandparents at UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Gee, what's not to love here?

* UncannyValley: The [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Extremely_loud_and_incredibly_close_film_poster.jpg film adaptation's poster]] was accused of this, probably because the images of the kid's face and hands seem to have come from separate shots.

* HilariousInHindsight: The film was released shortly before the premiere of ''Series/{{Touch}}'', which ''also'' featured an ambiguously autistic boy who lost a parent in the September 11th attacks, although the 9/11 connection wasn't mentioned as prominently there.

* UncannyValley: The [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Extremely_loud_and_incredibly_close_film_poster.jpg film adaptation's poster]] was accused of this, probably because the images of the kid's face and hands seem to have come from separate shots.

* UncannyValley: The [[http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.impawards.com/2011/posters/extremely_loud_and_incredibly_close.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.impawards.com/2011/extremely_loud_and_incredibly_close.html&h=755&w=510&sz=133&tbnid=pEQXL6iAIc47JM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=66&zoom=1&usg=__FIkoFFwSayJPC9WzsqW4uS2zg28=&docid=yrOprq8M-x82DM&sa=X&ei=Jq6wUPY3rumJAtHFgZgP&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAA&dur=1328 film adaptation's poster]] was accused of this, probably because the images of the kid's face and hands seem to have come from separate shots.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A story about an [[AmbiguousDisorder ambiguously autistic]] child that is not far off from being portrayed as a CreepyChild who lost his father in the September 11 attacks, [[TooSoon which was a recent event during the book's publication]], and has a B-plot of the life of his grandparents at UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Gee, what's not to love here?

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A story about an autistic child that is not far off from being portrayed as a CreepyChild who lost his father in the September 11 attacks, [[TooSoon which was a recent event during the book's publication]], and has a B-plot of the life of his grandparents at UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Gee, what's not to love here?

* OscarBait: A DoubleSubversion. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Creator/MaxVonSydow's nomination was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution whose Oscar was sorely overdue, and he might have won had he not been up against the similarly overdue Christopher Plummer.
* TooSoon: The most common complaint from critics. The harsher ones say that the book was written specifically to cash in on an American tragedy, the nicer ones simply say that Americans have not yet had time to fully process 9/11 and that Foer is preening by offering contrived insights dressed up in flowery language. A common complaint is that the story didn't ''need'' to be about 9/11, the father could have died in a car wreck or a fire or a fishing accident and the story wouldn't have lost anything significant other than marketable iconography.

* OscarBait: A DoubleSubversion. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Creator/MaxVonSydow's nomination was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution, and he might have won had he not been up against the similarly overdue Christopher Plummer.

* OscarBait: A DoubleSubversion. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Creator/MaxVonSydow's win was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution and his Oscar was 70-years overdue.

* OscarBait: A DoubleSubversion. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Max von Sydow's win was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution and his Oscar was 70-years overdue.

* OscarBait: A DoubleSubversion. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Max von Sydow's win was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution and only got 1 nomination for his entire 70-year career.

* TooSoon: The most common complaint from critics. The harsher ones say that the book was written specifically to cash in on an American tragedy, the nicer ones simply say that Americans have not yet had time to fully process 9/11 and that Foer is preening by offering contrived insights dressed up in flowery language.

* JerkassWoobie: Oskar
* OscarBait: Probably ''the'' most shameless example in recent memory. Despite being critically drubbed upon release, it still somehow got a Best Picture nomination, almost purely for its subject material. Main reason for this is that the story doesn't entirely ''need'' to be about 9/11, the father could just as easily have died in a fire or a car wreck with very little change to the overall story. But it's important, right? Cos it's about 9/11? Remember that? Wasn't that very sad and important? This is a very sad and important movie.
** Max von Sydow's win was almost entirely chalked up to the fact he was a Hollywood institution and only got 1 nomination for his entire 70-year career.
* TheScrappy: Dear ''GOD'', Oskar. What a little shit.

* TooSoon: The most common complaint from critics. The harsher ones say that the book was written specifically to cash in on an American tragedy, the nicer ones simply say that Americans have not yet had time to fully process 9/11 and that Foer is preening by offering contrived insights dressed up in flowery language.

* LesYay: Grandma and Anna kissed each other back when they were children in Dresden. Problem is, it wasn't exactly how you would normally kiss your sister...

TooSoon: The most common complaint from critics. The harsher ones say that the book was written specifically to cash in on an American tragedy, the nicer ones simply say that Americans have not yet had time to fully process 9/11 and that Foer is preening by offering contrived insights dressed up in flowery language.

TooSoon: The most common complaint from critics. The harsher critics say that the book was written specifically to cash in on an American tragedy, the nicer ones simply say that Americans have not yet had time to fully process 9/11 and that Foer is preening by offering contrived insights dressed up in flowery language.