Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close trailer

A year later, Oskar finds a vase in his father's closet with a key in an envelope with the word "Black" on it. He vows to find what the key fits. He finds 472 Blacks in the New York phone book and plans to meet each of them to see if they knew his father. He first meets Abby Black (Viola Davis), who has recently divorced her husband. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close  She tells Oskar she did not know his father. One day, Oskar realizes that a strange man (Max Von Sydow) moved in with his grandmother. Oskar stumbles upon the stranger who does not talk because of his childhood trauma of his parents' death in World War II. He communicates with written notes and his hands with "yes" and "no" written on them. As they become friends and go together on the hunt to find what the key fits, Oskar learns to face his fears, such as those of public transport and bridges. Oskar concludes that the stranger is his grandfather. Oskar plays the answering machine messages for the stranger. Before playing the last message, the stranger cannot bear listening any longer, and stops Oskar. Later on, the stranger moves out and tells Oskar not to search anymore.    watch more

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close wiki

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 47% of 167 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.6 out of 10. The film's consensus states: "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has a story worth telling, but it deserves better than the treacly and pretentious treatment director Stephen Daldry gives it."[23] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 46 based on 40 reviews.[24]
Critics were sharply divided about the subject matter of the film. Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was a "handsomely polished, thoughtfully wrapped Hollywood production about the national tragedy of 9/11 that seems to have forever redefined words like unthinkable, unforgivable, catastrophic".[25] Andrea Peyser of the New York Post called it "Extremely, incredibly exploitive" and a "quest for emotional blackmail, cheap thrills and a naked ploy for an Oscar."[26] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film one out of four stars saying that "[the] film feels all wrong on every level, mistaking precociousness for perceptiveness and catastrophe for a cuddling session. It's calculated as Oscar bait, but the bait is poisoned by opportunism and feigned sensitivity"    watch more

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close cast

Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock were the first to be cast in the film.[5] A nationwide search for child actors between the ages of 9 and 13 began in late October 2010 for the role of Oskar Schell.[6] Thomas Horn, who had won over $30,000 at age 12[7] on the 2010 Jeopardy! Kids Week, was chosen for the role in December 2010.[8] Horn had had no prior acting interest but was approached by the producers based on his quiz-show appearance.[7] On January 3, 2011 The Hollywood Reporter announced that John Goodman joined the cast.[9] That same month Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright were cast.[10] Nico Muhly was credited in the film poster as the composer, but on October 21, 2011 it was reported that Alexandre Desplat was chosen to compose the score.[11] German actress Senta Berger was offered a role in the film, but refused             watch more

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The film begins with a body that seems to be falling from the sky, alluding to jumpers from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) is introduced as the son of German American Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) who died during the attack.
In a flashback Thomas and Oskar play a scavenger hunt to find objects throughout New York City. The game requires communication with other people and is not easy: "if things were easy to find, they wouldn't be worth finding".
On September 11, Oskar is let out of school early while his mother Linda (Sandra Bullock) is at work. When Oskar gets home, he finds five messages from his father on the answering machine saying he is in the World Trade Center. When Thomas calls for the sixth time, Oskar hears the phone ringing but is too scared to answer. The machine records a sixth message, which stops when the building collapses, and Oskar knows his father has been killed. He replaces the answering machine so his mother will never find out.
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