Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliot), this drama tells the story...
Based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliot), this drama tells the story of a young boy's journey after his father's death in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock.
11-year-old Oskar Schell (newcomer Thomas Horn): academic, amateur inventor, vegan, pacifist. After finding a mysterious key that belonged to his dad (Hanks), who died in the World Trade Center attack, he embarks on a secret search of New York's five boroughs for the lock-box the key will open.
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45 %193 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
61 %80,037 reviewsAudience score rating
15+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"Oscar-trolling 9/11 kitsch."
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Village Voice
Village Voice"Flawed and sometimes overwrought."
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USA Today
USA Today"Moving, if heavy-handed, it's an emotional walkabout with real heart."
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Total Film
Total Film"Believably, genuinely sad."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"Sorry, but there must be richer ways of dramatizing so obvious a theme."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"A meaty whiff of phoney-baloney rises from this extremely contrived and incredibly preposterous movie, a mawkish, precious and bizarre fantasy of emotional pain."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Solidly crafted, impeccably acted and self-important in the way that Oscar loves, 'Extremely Loud' is also incredibly close to exploitation."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"This plot is contrivance and folderol."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"A film filled with both sentiment and substance."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Artificial and contrived."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"An affecting, well acted tale of 9/11 trauma."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"It's challenging, divisive and has moments of beauty but leaves you cold."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Rapidly becomes tiresome."
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E! Online
E! Online"You rather end up wishing Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close would just pipe down and back off."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"An appalling adaptation."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Details
- Runtime
- 129
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
