DVD REVIEW: EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Genre: adventure , mystery, drama

Cast: Thomas horn , tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Zoë Caldwell

Director: Stephen Daldry

Screenwriter: eric Roth , Johnathan Safran foer.

Studio: Warner Bros , Scott Rudin Production

Running Time: 129 min

MPAA: PG 13

Plot

The story is based around an eleven year old boy who lost his father in the 9/11 Twin Tower bombing. He is a boy dealing with his own feelings and emotions. He feels that somehow his father is trying to communicate with him one last time.  A year after, the death of Oskars’ father. The boy goes into the main bedroom and open the closet, seeing that his mother has not touched any of his fathers belonging. He accidentally drops a blue vase which he found with his father’s stuff. He saw a key and took it upon himself as to find out, the lock it is suppose to open. He sets off on his on journey in uncovering the truth but also without knowing dealing with his own feelings and fears.

Verdict

When you not familiar with the book or just look at the title, you not sure what to expect from this movie. This movie is one of those movies that really moves you and whether you want to or not at some point during the movie you end up trying to fight your own emotions.  It is a deep, sentimental movie. To the writers i love the way you took on the story especial if you dealing with a child with autistic spectrum disorder. You would get at some point annoyed with Oskar (Thomas Horn) who comes across as a spoilt brat. At the same time who also feel sympathetic towards the boy who just lost his anchor, his friend, his father  Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) and in his own unusual weird way try to deal with his grief. Overall the execution was good, love the choice of music they chose for the movie. Just disappointed that you only see the mom in the beginning then again near to the end. Hanks presence was strong in the beginning of the movie and when his character appeared here and there. Its a beautiful story and its worth watching.

Movie is available in stores on both DVD and Blu ray