The subject matter of this film is very emotionally charged. It is about 9/11, and did bring up a lot of the emotions I felt the day that the twin towers got stuck. Still, the brunt of the film focused on the process of the young boy, Oskar, who lost his father in one of the towers.
Thomas Horn, who plays Oskar is an incredible young talent. He reminded me a bit of a young Haley Joel Osmit, but not as irritating. Tom Hanks was Oskar's father, and appeared as flashbacks, and Sandra Bullock was his mother. The other stand-outs in the cast were Zoe Caldwell who played his grandmother, and Max von Sydow who was his usual amazing self. von Sydow has a complicated character, and I don't want to say exactly who he plays, so as not to give too much of the story away.
