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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Directed by: Stephen Daldry
- Starring: Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Zoe Caldwell, Dennis Hearn, Paul Klementowicz, Julian Tepper, Caleb Reynolds, John Goodman, Max Von Sydow, Stephen Henderson, Lorna Pruce, Viola Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Hazelle Goodman, Bernadette Drayton, David Latham, Marty Krzywonos, Jim Norton, Carmen M. Herlihy
- Genre: Dramas
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- Theater Release: 12/25/2011
- Video Release: 03/27/2012
- Run Time: 2hr 9min
Synopsis
Based on the novel by author Jonathan Safran Foer, director Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy as he attempts to solve a family mystery. Two years after his father is killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the curious boy discovers a mysterious key hidden in a household vase and begins an exhaustive search for the matching lock. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star.
Based on the novel by author Jonathan Safran Foer, director Stephen Daldry's post-9/11 drama follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy as he attempts to solve a family mystery. Two years after his father is killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks, the curious boy discovers a mysterious key hidden in a household vase and begins an exhaustive search for the matching lock. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star.
Reviews
"If Horn is the film's diamond in the rough channeling Oskar's sorrowing and searching, yearning and regretting, Von Sydow is its buried treasure." (Los Angeles Times)
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's an emotional powerhouse of a film, an unforgettable and rewarding motion picture experience." (Box Office)
"Solidly crafted, impeccably acted....Von Sydow is splendidly restrained and moving." (Rolling Stone)
"[A] piercing story: Here's a tale that compacts the grief of an entire world, country, city, and thousands of loved ones left behind into the pain of one vulnerable, fictional boy." (Entertainment Weekly)
"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." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"[A] surprisingly engaging adaptation....The movie's chief strength, its saving grace, is the passionate portrayal [by Horn]..." (Film Comment)
3 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irector Stephen Daldry has crafted an adroitly involving, emotionally intense experience....Horn gives a fierce performance..." (Total Film)
"If Horn is the film's diamond in the rough channeling Oskar's sorrowing and searching, yearning and regretting, Von Sydow is its buried treasure." (Los Angeles Times)
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's an emotional powerhouse of a film, an unforgettable and rewarding motion picture experience." (Box Office)
"Solidly crafted, impeccably acted....Von Sydow is splendidly restrained and moving." (Rolling Stone)
"[A] piercing story: Here's a tale that compacts the grief of an entire world, country, city, and thousands of loved ones left behind into the pain of one vulnerable, fictional boy." (Entertainment Weekly)
"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." (Chicago Sun-Times)
"[A] surprisingly engaging adaptation....The movie's chief strength, its saving grace, is the passionate portrayal [by Horn]..." (Film Comment)
3 stars out of 5 -- "[D]irector Stephen Daldry has crafted an adroitly involving, emotionally intense experience....Horn gives a fierce performance..." (Total Film)
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