
A troubled young boy, Oskar, is trying to cope with the loss of his father. Oskar starts lashing out at his mother and the world. Until a year later, he discovers a mysterious key in his father's belongings and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock, just as he used to when his father was alive. On this journey he is bound to meet a lot of people and learn a lot about himself and his family, but will he ever find the lock?... (Full plot summary below)
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A troubled young boy, Oskar, is trying to cope with the loss of his father. Oskar starts lashing out at his mother and the world. Until a year later, he discovers a mysterious key in his father's belongings and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock, just as he used to when his father was alive. On this journey he is bound to meet a lot of people and learn a lot about himself and his family, but will he ever find the lock?
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| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleOne of the most emotional movies you will ever see in your life. |
| Rincón de cineLaura HirosDirector Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader) makes magic with Eric Roth's script... [Full review in Spanish] |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersThis is the type of film that might take a while to catch on with the masses, might need more years to marinate in the psyche before it breaks through as the instant classic I suspect it might be. |
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovThis is, if you can believe it, maybe the first mainstream example of 9/11 kitsch. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderA well-meaning but perfunctory story that doesn't justify its use of what the boy calls 'the worst day.' |
| Florida Times-UnionMatt SoergelIf you care to join him on that adventure, you'll likely find it incredibly affecting, a multi-hankie story, expertly made. If you don't? You'll resist the film's manipulations (and don't all films manipulate?), perhaps quite vocally. |
| Suburban Journals of St. LouisMathew DeKinderPerhaps just being about 9/11 is this movie's greatest sin, as it is as well-made and well-acted as any film you'll see this year. |
| KWQC-TV (Iowa)Linda Cooks it a movie about loss? Definitely. Is it a movie about 9/11? Sort of. Will you reach a for a tissue while you watch "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?" Probably. |
| ABC Radio BrisbaneMatthew ToomeyI found this to be a peculiar movie. Some parts drew me in whilst other, not-so-believable parts, pushed me away. |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettIt may try too hard, and it borders on the implausible early and often, but the performance of newcomer Thomas Horn is relentlessly earnest and believable. |