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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

PG-1312/25/2011Drama2h 9m
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This is not a story about September 11th, it's a story about every day after.

Overview

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Tom Hanks

    Thomas Schell

  2. Cast 1

    Sandra Bullock

    Linda Schell

  3. Cast 1

    Thomas Horn

    Oskar Schell

  4. Cast 1

    Viola Davis

    Abby Black

  5. Cast 1

    John Goodman

    Stan the Doorman

  6. Cast 1

    Jeffrey Wright

    William Black

  7. Cast 1

    Zoe Caldwell

    Oskar's Grandmother

  8. Cast 1

    Max von Sydow

    The Renter

  9. Dennis Hearn

    Minister

**The human need to find meaning in the death of a loved one.** I confess that I didn't really know what I was going to find when I started watching this movie. I wasn't expecting much, even though I was aware that it was a film about the September 11 attacks, and that it had some actors that I respect, and I like to see. Perhaps on purpose, the film begins in a heavy and slow way, and it is not very easy to go beyond the initial half hour. However, the film improves a lot as we get to know the main character, a boy whose father died in the attacks and who is trying to deal with this los...