![]() ![]() Eric Roth's ("Forrest Gump," "Munich") adaptation jettisons the background of Oskar's grandparents in which Foer employed the Fire Bombing of Dresden as a parallel human tragedy to 9/11. Daldry, however, directs this material in a way that emphasizes the book's contrivances and tries to employ show-offy flourishes in the worst possible way - one should not be hearing the director's voice in one's head as one watches Horn collapse on screen in tandem with the World Trade Center tower crumbling on a television beside him. Jonathan Safran Foer's novel received criticism for the whimsy he employed around his hero, Oskar, but I enjoyed the book's imaginative point of view. ![]() After 'The Worst Day' which takes Oskar's dad away, the child finds a key hidden in his father's closet and makes it his mission to find its meaning in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." Director Stephen Daldry ("The Hours," "The Reader"), who has been nominated for an Oscar for each of the first three films he's directed doesn't look to be as lucky here. Still, his intelligence is continually challenged by his jeweler father, Thomas (Tom Hanks), who engages the boy with word games, fantastical tales of a sixth borough and recon expeditions. He was tested for autism, but the results were inconclusive. ![]() Oskar Schell (Junior Jeopardy contestant Thomas Horn) is an only child living in Manhattan. ![]()
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