Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012)
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Critic Consensus: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has a story worth telling, but it deserves better than the treacly and pretentious treatment director Stephen Daldry gives it.
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Cast
as Thomas Schell
as Oskar Schell
as Linda Schell
as Oskar's Grandmother
as Minister
as Homeless Man
as Deli Waiter
as Schoolboy
as Stan the Doorman
as The Renter
as Walt the Locksmith
as Locksmith Customer
as Abby Black
as William Black
as Hazelle Black
as Prayer Group Woman
as Prayer Group Man
as Piano Man
as Denise Black
as Maris Black
as Stable Girl
as Fong Black
as Boris Black
as Hector Black
as E.S. Black
as Hamlet
as Dick Black
as Richard Black
as Astrid Black
as Ramos Black
as Alan Black
as Deli Customer #1
as Deli Customer #2
as Bartender
as Cassidy Black
as Aurelia Black
as Baz Black
as B.G. Black
as Benjamin Black
as Malachi Black
as Harlan Black
as Minch
as Teacher
as Business Woman
as Business Woman's Daughter
as Security Guard
as Estate Sale Organizer
as Woman at Estate Sale
as Elaine Black
as Leigh-Anne Black
as Mona Black
as Boy
as Girl
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Critic Reviews for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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In the end, the movie is about healing and coming to understand that some things can't be explained.
Less a film about communication, in the end, than one with its fingers in its ears.
...the cure for Oskar's severe case of shell-shock, in Eric Roth's adaptation of the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, seems artificial and contrived to me.
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is the kind of movie you want to punch in the nose.
If imagining a city where people open their doors (or don't) to a boy with a key and a ton of questions is sentimental ... then it is vitally, beautifully so.
Stephen Daldry's extremely labored and incredibly crass adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel.
Audience Reviews for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
This overly sentimental drama could have been genuinely moving but gets ruined by terrible narrative choices, remaining not only infuriatingly manipulative, given its exploitative matter, but also with an extremely obnoxious protagonist that pushes our patience to the limit.
Super Reviewer
Some parts are a bit too pretentious, but especially the scenes immediately connected to the 9/11 attacks are very haunting. In the end it's about healing and accepting the cruelty and beauty of life and that message works and is portrayed really well. And the acting is top notch, if you can get over how incredibly pretentious that kid is most of the time.
Super Reviewer
Sometimes we just need the right mindset to watch some movies and this movie was incredibly moving for me!
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Quotes
| Oskar: | As much as I want him to, my Dad is never coming back, and I thought I couldn't live without him. Now I know I can. I think that would make my Dad proud, which is all I ever wanted. |
| Linda Schell: | I can't make the impossible, possible. |
| Oskar Schell: | I wish it were you. I wish it were you in the building instead of him. |
| Linda Schell: | So do I. |
| Linda Schell: | It doesn't make sense! It's never going to make sense! |
| Walt the Locksmith: | You never know what a key is going to fit. There are a million different possibilities. That's what I love about keys. they all open something. |
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