Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Trailer

This is a touching story about a boy, Oskar, who loses his father in 9-11. He wants to trace the lock to which the key he finds in his father's closet as a means to extend his memory of his father.

This movie talks about how one handles the loss of loved ones. And it's also about personal growth.

The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Oskar is very upset that they buried an empty coffin. His mum explaines, "I know it's an empty box...I did it for me and I did it for you so we can at least try and say goodbye to him."

Oskar mourns his father in his secret corner at the top of the cabinet and he excludes his mum in the secret mission. It is later revealed that Oskar did not pick up the last call of his father and he is very sorry for that. And it hurts his relationship with his mum.

The first half of the story is very lose. It's not clear of the momentum of this story until the point which the renter joins his quest to look for the lock.

It is said that Oskar is a very bright kid. But i think that he's not very sociable and that is why his father sends him out for excusions so that he can meet and talk to different people. 

Sandra Bullock's mum character at first is very weak. It is later revealed that she is very helpful in Oskar's mission as she finds out Oskar's plan and meets all the people before Oskar even meets them.

It is very odd to see how Oskar communicates with his grandmother. He likes to wake his grandmother up in the middle of the night with a walkie-talkie and "spy" on her (across the street). And grandmother did not explain why the renter stays in her house.

Oskar's mum says, "I don't know why my husband is dead, but no matter how hard you try...it's never going to make any sense, because it doesn't..." I think it's the absurdity and meaninglessness of life. Tragic happens and we don't know why it happens. Each of us cope with it differently: some will cry, some will become alcoholics, some move on, some will learn through pain and sorrow. How can we make the most out of life?