Take Shelter

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Bijoya G As paranoid schizophrenic I think this movie was SO OUT OF LINE. I thought it was gonna end and then it will get better but it DEFINITELY DIDNT!!!!!!!!!!!! Idk who would watch this movie and think that it’s a good movie the deaf girl was so out of character that I couldn’t BARE to watch the rest of the movie. I wanted it to get more brutal and crazy, FRIST OF ALL. If you live in the mid west it a tradition to have AT LEAST 6 shelter rooms underground. Second…. You have to have MORE than just 4 bean cans in your shelter! You need at least 30!!!!! THIRD OF ALL. HE DIDNT PORTRAY A PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC!!! Don’t watch this you want PROFESSIONAL TORNADO SHELTER REQUIREMENTS!!!!!! also ps the name of the movie didn’t even match, it’s about a mental ill man NOT TORNADOS!!!! I should know because I’m a storm chaser…. I’ve died 5 times!!!! GOD SAVE AMERICA. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/24 Full Review Bob L This is usually the type of movie we see used as a character study for a very specific location, person, or condition--often dropping pearls along the way which help us fill in the blanks as to why it should deserve special consideration or to educate us about a central character's extenuating circumstances. Take Shelter makes use of this style without honoring its contract, moving at a glacial pace without reward of the details that make this a useful technique for building suspense. Instead, suspense is built through Curtis's growing paranoia that he's inherited his mother's schizophrenia as it begins to blur the lines of reality beyond his tolerance. Wife Samantha's character makes the decision to stick with him, but the movie takes too long to get to her transformation from milquetoast to matriarch. Squandered, too, is the deaf daughter plot contrivance (imagine the deaf daughter having hallucinations she does not yet have the capacity to communicate). It just seems like this movie has so much more it could be saying, but either doesn't realize it or just patently refuses to. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Kyle W This is one of the best films I have seen in DECADES! The acting of Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain took my breath away many times during this film. This movie was horrifying and beautiful. Those words don't seem compatible, I know, but once you see this movie you will know what I mean. I will never view another storm in my life the same way after seeing this magnificent movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/09/24 Full Review Valerie H Michael Shannon's acting is brilliant in this and Jessica Chastain also gives an admirable performance. Don't watch this one before bedtime; sleep will be a long time coming. A bit long perhaps, but I was never bored watching it, as Shannon's acting was so impressive. I did not anticipate that ending whatsoever. A must watch for anyone who is a fan of good acting. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Max C DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. All the good reviews gotta be bots. LEBRON JAMES Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Alec C How can we deduce what is foretold or fictitious? A small-time family man is experiencing vivid dreams of an oncoming catastrophe, and attempts to build a storm shelter in order to protect his family from the storm, much to the concern to his wife and his neighbors. Incredibly deep and psychological, the fear of the unexplained is felt within the narrative of a man trying to understand what he's seeing! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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