After his father (Tom Hanks) dies in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn) finds an envelope with the name "Black" written on it inside a vase in his father's closet. Inside the envelope is a key and newspaper clip that has words circled, telling him to never stop looking. Oskar believes this is an adventure mystery his father has left for him, which was a common thing for them in the past. Oskar thinks he should visit every person with the last name of Black in New York. He ends up meeting his grandmother's "tenant", an old man who doesn't speak (Max von Sydow). The man agrees to help him with his search. After meeting numerous Blacks to no avail over a more than 3 month period, the search seems like it will be for nothing.
Oskar arrives at two realizations. One is that the old man is his grandfather, who stopped speaking after abandoning his wife and child for a period. The other revelation is that on the backside of the newspaper, a phone number is circled. Oskar calls this number and reaches Abby Black (Viola Davis), who happens to be the very first person he visited on his search. She takes him to meet her now ex-husband, William (Jefferey Wright). William had lost a father shortly before Oskar. His father left him a letter, that he didn't open up for quite a time. In the letter, it says that William's father had left him the key to his safety deposit inside a vase. We find out William didn't open the letter until after he had sold the vase to Oskar's father. So, this means the key was not a clue Oskar's father left him after all. Oskar gives the key to Williams, who offers to let Oskar come with him to open the box. Oskar refuses, and leaves in a fit of tears, running home.
When he gets home, his mom (Sandra Bullock), comforts him. She has been emotionally absent for Oskar since his father died, to the point where Oskar calls her on her absenteeism. However, his mother has been keeping track of him all along. She figured out his plan to meet all the Black's and even figured out in which order he would visit them. She visited most of the Blacks before Oskar did, so they would be nicer and not confused when he talked to them. Some day after this, Oskar visits the park where his father once tried to get him to play on the swing set, but Oskar thought is was too dangerous. Oskar decides to give it a try and goes to his father's favorite swing. Underneath the swing is taped a message from his father, giving Oskar the needed closure he was desperately searching for with the key.
Oskar arrives at two realizations. One is that the old man is his grandfather, who stopped speaking after abandoning his wife and child for a period. The other revelation is that on the backside of the newspaper, a phone number is circled. Oskar calls this number and reaches Abby Black (Viola Davis), who happens to be the very first person he visited on his search. She takes him to meet her now ex-husband, William (Jefferey Wright). William had lost a father shortly before Oskar. His father left him a letter, that he didn't open up for quite a time. In the letter, it says that William's father had left him the key to his safety deposit inside a vase. We find out William didn't open the letter until after he had sold the vase to Oskar's father. So, this means the key was not a clue Oskar's father left him after all. Oskar gives the key to Williams, who offers to let Oskar come with him to open the box. Oskar refuses, and leaves in a fit of tears, running home.
When he gets home, his mom (Sandra Bullock), comforts him. She has been emotionally absent for Oskar since his father died, to the point where Oskar calls her on her absenteeism. However, his mother has been keeping track of him all along. She figured out his plan to meet all the Black's and even figured out in which order he would visit them. She visited most of the Blacks before Oskar did, so they would be nicer and not confused when he talked to them. Some day after this, Oskar visits the park where his father once tried to get him to play on the swing set, but Oskar thought is was too dangerous. Oskar decides to give it a try and goes to his father's favorite swing. Underneath the swing is taped a message from his father, giving Oskar the needed closure he was desperately searching for with the key.
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