Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close (2011) 7/10

Starring : Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock
Director : Stephen Daldry
Running Time : 130 mins

Nine year old Oskar Schell (Horn) discovers a key in the belongings of his father Thomas (Hanks), who died a year earlier in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001, and sets off on a scavenger hunt similar to the ones he used to enjoy when his father was alive.

This is one of those movies where you are expected to forget all the terrible things that have happened and concentrate on the wonder of a child’s mind, like in Bridge To Terabithia. At least this movie doesn’t say that his dad died because he wouldn’t play with him or something; it was just another ordinary day and bad luck stepped in and punished whoever got in its way. The scenes between Hanks and Horn are nice, and the narration by Horn is well thought through and actually sounds like a child’s voice - although it did start to get annoying when he'd use Japanese words instead of swearing, but it was the scene with Bullock and Hanks talking on the phone that had the most power behind it.

You’ll like this if you liked : Hugo