Take Shelter

[skizzerflake]

If you can find it somewhere, Take Shelter is an excellent psychological thriller. Michael Shannon is terrific as Curtis, a heartland guy with an enviable wife (Jessica Chastain), a decent job and a deaf daughter. One day he starts to have bad, traumatizing dreams that center on a coming horrific tornado and he becomes obsessed with building a serious shelter that his family can hide in for a few weeks. He has a family history of schizophrenia. Is he crazy or are these "real" premonitions? Chastain is excellent as his wife who is coping as best as possible with him and her deaf daughter and their increasingly precarious economic situation. This is a little, low budget movie with only a few basic FX, but it's well worth seeing.

 

[skizzerflake]

This is out now, in Redbox. It was menacingly tense last time I saw it, no less so now. Micheal Shannon really should have gotten an Oscar for this role, except that nobody saw the movie unless they had an indie theater nearby. Shannon is a heartland, solid guy who begins to have dreams and portents of a coming apocalyptic storm. His wife, played amazingly by Jessica Chastain, doesn't know how to cope, but tries. Unfortunately, Curtis has a family history of schizophrenia and even doubts himself. Is he crazy or is he really seeing portents? Portents of what? Is this all a metaphor for the endangered status of guys like Curtis in our contemporary USA? It's definitely worth a view.

 

[darien87]

I've seen the trailer a few times. It seems mildly interesting but just never enough for me to put it on my list. Maybe I'll have to give it a shot.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I love good international movies, I wonder how I missed it ! Thanks for Rec, will definitely watch it

btw the imdb link:
Take Shelter (2011) - IMDb

 

[Hocky]

It was OK, but I wouldn't watch it again...

 

[darien87]

I love good international movies, I wonder how I missed it ! Thanks for Rec, will definitely watch it

btw the imdb link:
Take Shelter (2011) - IMDb

International??? The trailer looks like it's set in the Midwest.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

International??? The trailer looks like it's set in the Midwest.

hmm, yes you're right - this is domestic usa.
This threw me off:
IMDb Search

Take Shelter (2011)
aka "Take Shelter - Ein Sturm zieht auf" - Germany (imdb display title)

usually indication of foreign flick (I could be wrong)