Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Tom HanksThomas Schell
- Sandra BullockLinda Schell
- Thomas HornOskar Schell
- Viola DavisAbby Black
- John GoodmanStan the Doorman
- Jeffrey WrightWilliam Black
- Zoe CaldwellOskar's Grandmother
- Max von SydowThe Renter
- Dennis HearnMinister
- Paul KlementowiczHomeless Man
Recommendations
- 90
Boxoffice Magazine
It's an emotional powerhouse of a film, an unforgettable and rewarding motion picture experience. - 88
ReelViews
Director Stephen Daldry has fashioned an emotionally powerful cinematic testimony about that horrific late summer day. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Best of all, von Sydow is absolutely wonderful, with the great veteran actor clearly relishing this very unusual role as he darts, skulks and, in a stealthy way, mugs across town. Without saying a thing, he dominates the middle part of the movie. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
A polarizing load of quirkiness in Extremely Loud gunks up (at least for this hometown mourner; your results may vary) what is at heart a piercing story. - 63
Observer
Certainly not a bad movie, but a disappointing one. It knocks itself out trying to break your heart, but it's too starched and blow-dried for its own good. Maybe if it had manipulated me less, it would have moved me more. - 60
Variety
With its re-enactments of that fateful day, Extremely Loud plays a bit too much like one of those perfectly lit, heart-tugging segments TV networks air during the Olympics. It hardly matters that Horn manages to give such a naturalistic, unmannered performance as the young Oskar when everything around him has been so deliberately orchestrated to provoke a specific reaction. - 60
Time Out
We might have all felt like lost children for a while, but ten years later, the innocence is shameless. - 50
Village Voice
Such an abundance of "epiphanies," one after another, amount to a tactical assault on viewer sentiments. The deluge of tears is Daldry's idea of pathos, but to these eyes, it's Oscar-trolling 9/11 kitsch.
