Referencing the tragic events that occurred on September 11, 2001 and how devastated a young boy was over the death of his beloved father on that day, we find that nine year old Oskar still suffers deeply. This is an unusual youngster due to his many interests and talents. He is a jewelry designer, an amateur inventor, a tambourine playing musician, computer consultant, and loves astrophysics, as well as a pacifist who is in search of a lock, somewhere in New York. The mysterious key was left behind when his father perished on that fateful day. hile it seems somewhat far fetched that this small boy is out wandering the mean streets of New York City all by himself, at all hours of day or night, but we learn his mother is apparently off in a world all her own since the tragedy that befell their family. Oskar befriends older women that are closer to his mother's age and flatters them while trying to kiss them! But the lad is on a mission and determined to find what the key fits.rom a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close stars Thomas Horn, a Teen Jeopardy winner. His father is played by Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Big) and mother's part played by Sandra Bullock (Speed, The Blind Side). Thoroughly entertaining and very thought provoking film.