Which Way Will This Child Star Go?
The Huffington Post UK
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Caroline Frost
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Posted 11.06.2012
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UK Entertainment
The 9/11 tragedy is a very tricky topic to deal with effectively in film. Play it too raw and risk offending audiences for no reason other than a general sense of mean bitterness, and play it to sentimentally and risk becoming too schmaltzy and saccharine. For a narrative like Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Stephen Daldry is, on paper, the perfect choice.