Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 | 6:49 p.m. - Josh Bell says Stephen Daldry's adaptation feels empty and reductive.

"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" opens nationwide this weekend. It stars Tom Hanks & Sandra Bullock as a family coping with loss after 9/11.

My grandpappy always told me: "When you see two fellas who are about to fight, notice which one is talking the most. He's the one who is most afraid." Grandpappy may have been on to something, and then again, maybe not: he met his end tragically during

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 | 6:49 p.m. - Josh Bell says Stephen Daldry's adaptation feels empty and reductive.

by Chris Heller I can't give Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close a chance. It's bullheaded and downright selfish of me, but I just can't do it. Seconds into the film's opening credit sequence, when a falling man flails in slow motion against a clear