Wayne Kushnier
Bogus Attempt to Rip Off 9/11 Trauma! Regardless of whether it was the director's vision or simply bad acting the way the kid behaved before trauma would have been enough for him to be sent to an institution. Completely unbelievable and foolish. Whatever the intent of the movie it fails completely - more than any other movie I've ever seen. Extremely Stupid & Incredibly Bad is a far better title. Nuff Said
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A Google user
I have read the book before I watched the movie, and to tell the truth, I kind of like the book better. But the movie was good too, but I just thou that the movie was missing a lot of which the book had. Sopilers don't read if you haven't watched the movie, or read the book. The movie did not have the 103 year old Mr.Black that was just above Oskers apartment that followed him, instead, the renter (grandpa) followed him. I the ending, it was sort of similar, but different. In the book, Osker digs up his fathers empty grave, which did not happen in the movie. I also don't remember the renter leaving in the book. He was the one who helped dig up the grave. They also left out the play, that osker was in, and his grandma being there and embaress him with her sneezing. Over all it was a good movie, but I think the book was better. More detail, more things to happen, and it is the original thing. I think Thomas horn did great if his first movie.
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KL A
Kid deserved to be miserable. Selfish, crazy little shit. I lost my father and one of my brothers only 2 years apart. doesn't make him right at all. He was a ridiculous kid before the father died, so don't say he only acted crazy after. Full of holes. Typical 21st century movie. Pathetic.