Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close

Actor:: Sandra Bullock; Tom Hanks
Format:: DVD
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A nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

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Director:: Stephen Daldry

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Extremely Annoying and Incredibly Irritating
Reviewed by Joel on 06 March 2012

Adapting a bestselling book to screen is a tricky business – financially it makes sense because it bypasses the script writing process and you also get a great story and the fan base that comes with it. BUT (and this is a big but), the downside is that despite remaining faithful, some elements may get lost in translation (and sometimes it just doesn’t work at all – I’ll be covering that in another review next week). Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is one of those films that missed the mark in a big way and brings down what would have otherwise been a great drama. If Extremely Loud had a face I would punch it – actually the face is right on the poster. Yes it must be hard to find the one child actor that could destroy a film like this but their misfortunes were great and plentiful. I can only speculate as to why Horn decided to portray his character in his chosen manner – obnoxious and precocious, he over-acts his part as though he’s performing on a broadway musical. It’s artificial in every facet from his emotional outbursts to the particularly extensive abundance of abrasive voice-overs which populate two hour running time, which are nothing short of a wolverine scraping it’s claws along a two hour long chalk board. Seriously though, can one performance utterly destroy a film? It’s not just young Mr. Horn that is solely responsible for Extremely Loud’s flatline. The plot itself is outrageously contrived, each step carefully and predictably laid out before us. This may or may not be the fault of the book that it is based upon but thankfully screenwriting allows for a little artistic license to iron out the wrinkles that don’t work in a visual sense. Bullock as Oskars mother should also earn Worst Mother of the Year award, letting her son prance about New York city without a care whatsoever – in reality I have no doubt the boy would be chopped liver before the curtains closed. So you can add implausibility to the list of negatives. One redeeming factor is Max von Sydow’s performance but his character doesn’t even utter a word.

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