15 Movies That Thought They Were Smart But Totally Weren't

There are annoyingly pretentious drama films and then there's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

Arguably the worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years, Extremely Loud follows a precocious and Incredibly annoying kid (Thomas Horn, who gives a good child actor performance despite the material) who is struggling with grief after losing his father (Tom Hanks) on 9/11.

He finds a key in his father's closet and sees that it is in an envelope labelled 'Black'. He then goes on a hunt to find who this key belonged to, going through every person in New York with this surname.

Apparently, this whole story is supposed to represent dealing with trauma and grief, but it really doesn't connect in that way at all. This is largely because the screenplay is so messy and sentimental and it is filled to the brim with utterly nauseating, weird dialogue that will induce eye-rolls every damn time.

It doesn't do the issues it explores justice either. It's not a good look at grief and something as tragic as 9/11 should never be treated in such a treacly and sentimental manner.

As well as this, Oskar is strongly implied to be on the Autistic spectrum and this depiction of Autism is very stereotypical and inaccurate, making it yet another example of Hollywood failing to truthfully represent this condition.