Take Shelter is a beautiful sad gem.
It shows the heavy price one has to pay defending one's own beliefs against society, how painful it is to be outcast and judged crazy, how hurtful it is to see the doubt growing in one's own wife and daughter and how heartbreaking it is to begin to accept that one may indeed become insane and a danger to one's family.
Michael Shannon doesn't disappoint in the role of the father, delivering an outstanding performance as the troubled soul and I expected no less having seen his fantastic performance in Boardwalk Empire.
Jessica Chastain, who I really appreciated in the Help, brings her unconventional beauty and charm to the role of a mother in doubt and a wife than never abandons her husband. In the midst of the crisis, where her husband loses his job and can't afford anymore their child's treatment, where she faces the reality that her husband may need intensive psychiatric help she is the rock that will save the family. Chastain performs admirably in this supporting role and one can feel all the emotions that she goes through.
Shea Whigham doesn't have much screen time, but he points every second of it, one sees a depth that could have been told in another story.
The cinematography is beautiful and never showy. The FXs are decent except in one shot that reeks of blue screen.
The music is haunting and translates unease really well.
I think the movie would have been even better 5-10 minutes shorter, but all in all highly recommended.
It shows the heavy price one has to pay defending one's own beliefs against society, how painful it is to be outcast and judged crazy, how hurtful it is to see the doubt growing in one's own wife and daughter and how heartbreaking it is to begin to accept that one may indeed become insane and a danger to one's family.
Michael Shannon doesn't disappoint in the role of the father, delivering an outstanding performance as the troubled soul and I expected no less having seen his fantastic performance in Boardwalk Empire.
Jessica Chastain, who I really appreciated in the Help, brings her unconventional beauty and charm to the role of a mother in doubt and a wife than never abandons her husband. In the midst of the crisis, where her husband loses his job and can't afford anymore their child's treatment, where she faces the reality that her husband may need intensive psychiatric help she is the rock that will save the family. Chastain performs admirably in this supporting role and one can feel all the emotions that she goes through.
Shea Whigham doesn't have much screen time, but he points every second of it, one sees a depth that could have been told in another story.
The cinematography is beautiful and never showy. The FXs are decent except in one shot that reeks of blue screen.
The music is haunting and translates unease really well.
I think the movie would have been even better 5-10 minutes shorter, but all in all highly recommended.