Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close...to depression

Do you ever just get into a mood where you just need to cry? This is the movie for that moment. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was one of the most touching dramas I have seen in a while. Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn, and Sandra Bullock give very powerful performances as the Schell family. The entire movie takes place after 9/11, so it is already set up for devastation. Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) and his son Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) are the epitome of a father-son relationship. They are like best friends. Oskar is autistic, but he is so smart and adventurous. The son comes home early and hears the phone ring. It is his father repeatedly saying "Is anyone there? Hello? Is anyone there?" This is a huge theme throughout because the son is trying to go on the adventure that his father had originally set up for them to go on together. After 9/11 Oskar's mother, Linda Schell (Sandra Bullock), tries to pick up the pieces of her newly shattered family. Oskar asks everyone why someone who did not know his father would kill him. If that is not heart wrenching enough already, this innocent child goes around helping people because his father had always helped people. He travels to every place his father had taken him across New York City. Throughout the entire movie there are flashbacks to Oskar and Thomas Schell spending time together and sharing a very loving father-son bond. I literally cried like a baby throughout the entire movie. The saddest part is when Oskar talks to a lawyer whom he meets along his adventure. Keep in mind that Oskar is only a little boy. Oskar tells the lawyer of his guilt over his father. He says how the phone rang six times and he heard his dad say "Is anyone there?" The saddest part ever is seeing Oskar cry and say that he could not pick up the phone but he wanted to so badly. Oskar says that his father must have known he was there because he said "anyone" and anyone only means one person. I don't want to spoil anything else but this movie deserves 10/10 stars by my standards. I cried through the entire movie and continued to cry afterwards. It is not only a story of sadness but a story of happiness. You see how even through tough times that there can be happiness and joy. It is definitely a must see by everyone.