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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011 · 129 min · Director: Stephen Daldry ★ IMDb 6.9 · 108,500 ratings

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A troubled young boy, Oskar, is trying to cope with the loss of his father. Oskar starts lashing out at his mother and the world. Until a year later, he discovers a mysterious key in his father's belongings and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock, just as he used to when his father was alive. On this journey he is bound to meet a lot of people and learn a lot about himself and his family, but will he ever find the lock?

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity60 %35 %43 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension64 %41 %46 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity64 %43 %50 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Empathy63 %39 %55 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity68 %49 %61 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Sadness76 %68 %68 %49 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Sadness81 %76 %70 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Sadness86 %81 %74 %56 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Sadness86 %80 %78 %65 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Empathy73 %60 %68 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity63 %46 %57 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Sadness70 %59 %65 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Sadness80 %72 %74 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Sadness80 %73 %74 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Sadness80 %73 %75 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Sadness87 %79 %84 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Empathy90 %79 %89 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Empathy85 %66 %83 %20 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Relief82 %52 %75 %5 %
97.5 %≈ 126′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

TH
Thomas Horn

Viola Davis

Abby Black

John Goodman

Stan the Doorman

Jeffrey Wright

William Black

ZC
Zoe Caldwell

Oskar's Grandmother

Max von Sydow

The Renter

DH
Dennis Hearn

Minister

PK
Paul Klementowicz

Homeless Man

JT
Julian Tepper

Deli Waiter

CR
Caleb Reynolds

Schoolboy

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Walt the Locksmith

LG
Lorna Guity Pruce

Locksmith Customer

HG
Hazelle Goodman

Hazelle Black

BD
Bernadette Drayton

Prayer Group Woman

DL
David Latham

Prayer Group Man

MK
Marty Krzywonos

Piano Man

JN
Jim Norton

Old Mr. Black

CM
Carmen M. Herlihy

Denise Black

Details

Directed by
Stephen Daldry
Written by
Eric Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 108,500 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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