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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonTrier’s sensibility for the dynamics of family, for the depiction of nebulous memory, and for the detail of life (the film’s full of beautiful, complex scenes), means that I’m already eager to take a second look and see what else there is to unpack.
- 90Screen DailyDan FainaruScreen DailyDan FainaruRichly detailed, sensitively played and cleverly mounted.
- 75Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoLouder Than Bombs is a parable that takes depression seriously as a condition and a state of being.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeStrangely, Louder Than Bombs manages to be glaringly obvious and admirably subtle in the same breath.
- 67HitfixGregory EllwoodHitfixGregory EllwoodTrier is far too talented for there not to be some good things here, but it just doesn’t add up to much.
- 60CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleAs the family resolves problems of the film's own making, the satisfaction gleaned is relatively minor. The threatened and/or promised explosions fizzle out frustratingly, leaving behind the lurking impression of Louder Than Bombs as a well-crafted, well-played, slickly-written misfire.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhile it's well acted and has strong moments on a scene-by-scene basis, the film lacks an emotional center, keeping the impact cool and diffuse where it should be affecting.
- 60Time Out LondonGuy LodgeTime Out LondonGuy LodgeA tasteful grieving-family weepie, it's conceived and performed with utmost sincerity, yet lacks the intemperate human authenticity, the sense of profound strangeness in the everyday, that made Trier's ‘Reprise’ and ‘Oslo, August 31st’ so hard to shake.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawA rather silly, pointless and directionless film.