Drama

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

- This is not a story about September 11th, it's a story about every day after.

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.

Release Date : 2011-12-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. PicturesScott Rudin Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Cast

Character Name : Thomas Schell

Original Name : Tom Hanks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linda Schell

Original Name : Sandra Bullock

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oskar Schell

Original Name : Thomas Horn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abby Black

Original Name : Viola Davis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stan the Doorman

Original Name : John Goodman

Gender : Male

Character Name : William Black

Original Name : Jeffrey Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oskar's Grandmother

Original Name : Zoe Caldwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Renter

Original Name : Max von Sydow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister

Original Name : Dennis Hearn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homeless Man

Original Name : Paul Klementowicz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deli Waiter

Original Name : Julian Tepper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolboy

Original Name : Caleb Reynolds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walt the Locksmith

Original Name : Stephen McKinley Henderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Locksmith Customer

Original Name : Lorna Guity Pruce

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hazelle Black

Original Name : Hazelle Goodman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prayer Group Woman

Original Name : Bernadette Drayton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prayer Group Man

Original Name : David Latham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piano Man

Original Name : Marty Krzywonos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Mr. Black

Original Name : Jim Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denise Black

Original Name : Carmen M. Herlihy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maris Black

Original Name : Ryka Dottavio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stable Girl

Original Name : Chloe Roe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fong Black

Original Name : Diane Cheng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boris Black

Original Name : Gregory Korostishevsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hector Black

Original Name : Adrian Martinez

Gender : Male

Character Name : E.S. Black

Original Name : Marco Verna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hamlet

Original Name : Brandon Jeffers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dick Black

Original Name : Martin E. Brens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Black

Original Name : Gustavo Brens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Astrid Black

Original Name : Brooke Bloom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ramos Black

Original Name : Rene Ojeda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alan Black

Original Name : Madison Arnold

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deli Customer #1

Original Name : Henry Morales-Ballet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deli Customer #2

Original Name : Bryse Gregory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : William Youmans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassidy Black

Original Name : Kit Flanagan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aurelia Black

Original Name : Jenson Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Baz Black

Original Name : Ray Iannicelli

Gender : Male

Character Name : B.G. Black

Original Name : Miguel Jarquin-Moreland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benjamin Black

Original Name : Benjamin McCracken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malachi Black

Original Name : Malachi Weir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harlan Black

Original Name : John Joseph Gallagher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minch

Original Name : Sam K. Kaufman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Stephen Kunken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Business Woman

Original Name : Kim Rideout

Gender : Female

Character Name : Business Woman's Daughter

Original Name : Chloe Elaine Scharf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Guard

Original Name : Eva Kaminsky

Gender : Female

Character Name : Estate Sale Organizer

Original Name : Chris Hardwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman At Estate Sale

Original Name : Kate Levy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elaine Black

Original Name : Stephanie Kurtzuba

Gender : Female

Character Name : Leigh-Anne Black

Original Name : Catherine Curtin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mona Black

Original Name : Lola Pashalinski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Clayton James Mackay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl

Original Name : Bailey Grey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedestrian (uncredited)

Original Name : Roger Brenner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Businessman (uncredited)

Original Name : Jaiden Kaine

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Black (uncredited)

Original Name : Mark Morettini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl on the Street (uncredited)

Original Name : Francesca Murdoch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Beck Black (uncredited)

Original Name : John Quilty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homeless Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Walters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Office Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Steven Weisz

Gender : Male

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-09-20

**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 loss in the best way possible. Whatever the age or situation, the loss of a parent is always dramatic. Believe me, dear reader, who is following me so patiently in these lines, I have been feeling it in my skin during the last few months, since I lost my beloved mother recently, and I believe that this personal circumstance had an influence on the way I ended up seeing myself in the boy, and in the emotional and moving way he tries to deal with grief and absence. He believes his father left him one last "treasure hunt" around a mysterious key, and he struggles to see meaning in his father's death, and in finding the key. It sounds childish, but allow me to be honest, I confess that I too, in the silence of my suffering and pain, felt and still feel the need to find some reason, some order in the midst of random chaos. Perhaps we, human beings, cannot accept that the people we love so much... simply die. And maybe we're right in not accepting just that... By that, I mean that the horrible tragedy that happened in New York made sense in itself? No... evil is meaningless, but it doesn't need to make sense. What I refuse to think is that all those people died in vain. I believe that the American people, and all of us as a Western society, find meaning in everything that has happened, and we see those people as victims of unspeakable cruelty, which poignantly reminds us how vulnerable we are to the mind of a madman, vile and determined enough. I believe that each family member who lost someone there found a very personal meaning in their loss, and I hope this helped in the task of dealing with what happened. Despite being very young, I liked the work developed by Thomas Horn. He did everything well, and he gives his character a naivety that is never childish or lacking in sense and intelligence, quite the opposite. Tom Hanks is, as is almost always the case, impeccable and gives the boy's father an aura of familiarity and sympathy of his own, which the actor knows how to use very well. Likewise, the charismatic and professional Sandra Bullock did a very interesting job in the role of the mother. Despite being nominated for an Oscar, I think Max Von Sydow has done much better and more complete work. Even so, I liked the way he was able to express himself and communicate without using a single word. Zoe Caldwell also did a good job, albeit in a much more restrained register than the others. On the other hand, I thought that John Goodman, Viola Davis and Jeffrey Wright are all very underused. The film covers several places in New York, and it is not necessary to have visited the iconic city to recognize them very easily, and appreciate the friendly way in which the film takes advantage of them and gives them shine and beauty. The cinematography helped a lot at this point, with a very well worked light, color and brightness, and a good post-editing of the images.