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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has a story worth telling, but it deserves better than the treacly and pretentious treatment director Stephen Daldry gives it. Read Critics Reviews
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- Stephen Daldry
- PG-13
- Tom Hanks
Jan 18, 2012 · "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" tells the story of an 11-year-old boy named Oskar Schell, who is played by the gifted and very well cast Thomas Horn. His father was killed in 9/11. Indeed, intensely scrutinizing videos of bodies falling from one of the towers, Oskar fancies he can actually identify him.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Nadia Dalimonte Next Best Picture. While the subject matter is harrowing and resonates on its own, the film’s depiction of such tragedy as a narrative...
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2011 American drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Eric Roth. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, it stars Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn in his film debut, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, and Zoe Caldwell in her final film role.
With deep empathy for Oskar's perspective and great care, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close unpacks the baggage that he and his mother carry after the loss of his father, a caring man who understood his son's limitations and wanted to help him push against them.
- Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks
- Stephen Daldry
- Paramount Pictures
Jan 20, 2012 · With Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell. A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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Dec 22, 2011 · “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” a film with Sept. 11 as a backdrop, stars Tom Hanks and the young newcomer Thomas Horn, and is based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer.
