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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
· Movie
· 129 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3170
- IMDb #2411
- Google retired #1974
- Rotten Tomatoes #3546
- Metacritic #3940
- Letterboxd #3541
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4030
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3287
- Metacritic Critics #3748
- Metacritic Audience #3932
- Kinopoisk #1004
- AlloCiné #1546
- Trakt #1847
Every rating
45–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 45, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 46, everyone else 70.
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Details
- Director
- Stephen Daldry
- Writer
- Eric Roth
- Released
- 25 December 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $40.0M
- Box office
- $55.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →3 wins from 19 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| 84th Academy Awards 2011 | Best Picture | Scott Rudin | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild 2011 | Best Art Direction in a Contemporary Film | K.K. Barrett | Nominee |
| Boston Film Critics 2011 | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Director | Stephen Daldry | Nominee |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2011 | Best Young Actor/Actress | Thomas Horn | Winner |
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84th Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Picture | Scott Rudin | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Best Art Direction in a Contemporary Film | K.K. Barrett | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male | Thomas Horn | Winner |
| Breakthrough Performance on Camera | Thomas Horn | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Thomas Horn | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Eric Roth | Nominee |
| Best Director | Stephen Daldry | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sandra Bullock | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Score | Alexandre Desplat | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
Boston Film Critics
1 nomination
| Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor | Max von Sydow | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Movie Actress – Drama | Sandra Bullock | Nominee |