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the audience applauded

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Boring

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I do not get how anyone can claim this is manipulative, since every movie is filled with "Be Scared Now!" or "Be Sad Now!" musical cues so loud you cannot hear dialog, or is found-footage where every character looks at the camera and says what they are thinking. Filmmakers: show, don't tell! Eric Roth has come a long ways, and I found this to be very well done film and one which solves the big problem of the Big Event (or biography) the right way. Take a small slice out of it (or the aftermath), have some emotional tie, have the protagonist evolve. Keep focus, avoid montage. It works quite well in this regard. Sure, he went on a more or less literal journey so it was a little on the nose there, but it wasn't one we don't all encounter. It's a great way to discuss loss and grief, and in the over-the-top way of dealing with it, lets us understand how we and everyone handles it.

If you go to the cinema looking for pulse-pounding action and over-the-top antics, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" can be crossed off your "to watch" list. However, if you are entranced by emotions, adventure, and character development, this film will likely suck you in and not let go until the credits roll.For a basic plot summary, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" begins by showing the extraordinary loving relationship between Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) and his father Thomas (Tom Hanks). When Thomas is killed during the 9/11 attacks in New York City, little Oskar is devastated. In trying to re-connect with the presence of his father, Oskar finds a strange key in his father's closet and sets out on a quest to find out its meaning. Along the way, Oskar meets up with an older gentleman (played by Max von Sydow) who helps him along.The remarkable aspect of this film is how it sets up such an emotional bond between father and son in a matter of minutes. When Thomas is killed, you will feel a crushing sense of loss and as such root even harder for young Oskar to see through his epic quest. Even when the primary narrative may wane from time to time, the young boy's incredible love for his father will be what keeps you on the edge of your seat.The characters are also very well-acted in this movie. Horn carries the film in practically every scene, while Hanks is well, Hanks for the short time he is on screen. Sydow picks up a key role roughly half way through the movie, while Sandra Bullock ("Mom" Schell) plays the grieving widower with great passion.This is a very down-to-earth film, as well. Nothing is over-the-top or overly dramatic. Without giving away any spoilers, I can say that the ending of the film may not initially gratify you, but once pondered upon will reveal itself as the right kind of conclusion for such a real-world effort.Overall, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" is likely to, at the very least, find you rooting on young Oskar Schell as step by step he gets closer to re-discovering his father. The experience will make you both think and feel long after the lights come up.

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This is not a movie about everyone and maybe i can understand why people hated it they expected something more instead of a life changing adventure where a kid goes on a search for a key but Thomas Horn alongside Max Von Sydow stole the show for me and although i wish Tom Hanks was more in the film he was still a big part of the plot and although it might turn boring or childish you get it why i mean my god we're talking about 9/11 and a kid that lost his dad what did you expected? Be open minded and you will not be disappointed at all trust me.

Tonight i just finished novel finally i allowed myself to watch movie 3 years after discovery of this masterpiece. I fall in love with the novel but What the hell was that movie? I love Tom Hanks for sure and i loved how he played his character but dude this screenplay is twisted up! Show up time of grandma, many things completely changed, still they create a 2 hours movie and they cut 80% of novel and changed 15% of remaining 20%. What the hell was that? If you can't adapt a screenplay then don't do it. I literally turned off my headphones during some scenes because it was Extremely Annoying and Incredibly Different from actual story. Stolen 2 hours and 3 years waiting was not worth it.