Review of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) by Steph W — 11 Aug 2013

Tears tears tears. Oskar was superb. Sandra, viola and Von sydow were obviously great, but Oskar stole the show.

This review of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) was written by Steph W on 11 Aug 2013.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has generally received mixed reviews.

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