Room (2015)
Storyline
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
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Cast
William H. Macy, Chantelle Chung, Jee-Yun Lee, Joe Pingue, Wendy Crewson, Brie Larson, Joan Allen, Cas Anvar, Tom McCamus, Justin Mader, Matt Gordon, Amanda Brugel, Ola Sturik, Derek Herd, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Jack Fulton, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Kate Drummond, Randal Edwards, Rodrigo Fernandez- Stoll, Rory O'Shea, Sandy McMaster, Brad Wietersen
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Reviews
100
Room is more than the title of one of the year’s most powerful movies — it’s a state of mind that’s unbearably tense and as claustrophobic as a straitjacket
91
Room is simply a movie about mother and son trying to adapt to the outside world after years of forced captivity. And the surprise is how succinctly it captures this drastic life change from the perspective of five-year-old.
91
Director Lenny Abrahamson seamlessly translates Donoghue's work into cinematic terms with his relentlessly compelling adaptation. However, the drama owes just as much to its two stars, Brie Larson and newcomer Jacob Tremblay, whose textured performances turn outrageous circumstances into a tense and surprisingly credible survival tale.
88
Slant Magazine
The film, never sensational or saccharine, is a tough but tender tribute to the creative power of maternal love.
80
There are some plausibility issues in Room, but this is a disturbing and absorbing film, shrewdly acted, particularly by Larson. It lets the audience in; it does not just let the nightmare stun them into submission. You make a real emotional engagement.
