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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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

2011 · 2h 9m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Stephen Daldry

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Overview

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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46%
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Fresh

In the end, the movie is about healing and coming to understand that some things can't be explained.

Leah Rozen, TheWrap
Rotten

Less a film about communication, in the end, than one with its fingers in its ears.

Ben Walters, Time Out
Rotten

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" is the kind of movie you want to punch in the nose.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

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.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten

Stephen Daldry's extremely labored and incredibly crass adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

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