Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Plot:

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Director:Stephen Daldry

Starring:Tom Hanks, John Goodman, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow, Thomas Horn, Viola Davis

PG-13, 2011, Warner Brothers

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

1. "If you want to believe, you can find reasons to"

2. Boy determined to persevere, despite paralyzing fears

3. Mother knocks on son's door to tell him she loves him

4. Desperate woman calls 9-1-1, receives busy signal

5. Boy learns complexity of human interaction

6. Boy fears death after father's sudden demise

7. Boy tries to make sense of father's death

8. Husband tells wife he's inside World Trade Center

9. Boy overwhelmed by miseries of the world

10. Grandfather encourages boy to face fears

11. Boy's confession releases burden of guilt

12. Lonely boy learns mother shared in every struggle