When a film feels like it is trying, it can be very disheartening, no matter what it is trying to be. This film tries so hard to be quirky and poignant, and it shows. A lot. Thomas Horn's Oskar is so overly quirky, he becomes unlikable. The script hints at him having a form of autism, but that doesn't help endear you to all of eccentricities. The film drags for about an hour, until you are introduced to Max Von Sydow's character, a mute who goes by the name of "The Renter", who adds a life to the film that dies once he is gone again. Stephen Daldry has directed some wonderful cinema, unfortunately this will go into the same wasted potential pile as "The Hours".
Grade: C
Starring: Thomas Horn, Max Von Sydow, Tom Hanks
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writer(s): Eric Roth - Novel: Jonathan Safran Foer
RT: 129 min
Rating: PG-13 for emotional thematic material, some disturbing images, and language
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