This weepie, based on the bestselling novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, was an Oscar frontrunner until the critics mauled it in limited release. But now that it’s opening wide, could Extremely Loud actually be … good? One of us thinks so. Tom Hanks plays a father who perishes on September 11, leaving behind his wife (Sandra Bullock) and their 11-year-old son, Oskar (newcomer Thomas Horn), who embarks on a mission across New York to revive his memory.
