“Far away from the cruel world.”
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
I do love slow-paced thriller films and this is exactly that. Having said that, there is something that makes me uneasy about the ending. It is up to so many interpretations that the writer / director of the film didn’t know himself how to end otherwise a close-to-brilliant story with a decent acting. Would I watch it again? Possibly. Would I make my friends watch it? I guess so.
_Take Shelter’s_ a slow burn, but it gets under your skin. Shannon’s great—properly intense—and there’s loads to chew on about fear, family, and mental health. Bit heavy-handed at times, and it drags in spots
The family “LaForche” live in a remote Ohio backwater where mother “Samantha” (Jessica Chastain) looks after their deaf daughter “Hannah” (Tova Stewart) whilst dad “Curtis” (Michael Shannon) works for a local drilling outfit. Recently, though, things have become a bit strained as he has been having fairly graphic and disturbing nightmares. These foretell of the mother of all storms sweeping all before it before something ever more ghastly occurs. As these dreams intensify, he begins to struggle determining what is real and what isn’t. Are these hallucinations or is he perhaps seeing an…
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Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
The movie stars Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart, Katy Mixon and more.
Take Shelter was released in 2011 and is streaming free on FlixWow.
Take Shelter holds a rating of 7.1/10 from viewer votes (2,085 ratings). Watch it free on FlixWow and judge for yourself.
