Extremely Moved by Extremely Loud

Posted on Jan 18, 2012

It was with a small dose of trepidation that we approached “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” based on the 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, but only because images and emotions from 9/11 are still difficult to absorb.   Yet this beautiful film (opening wide January 20) is well worth the trip back in time to that trauma of “the horrible day,” as it is called by the main character, a precocious and intuitive boy...