Review of Room (2015) by Henry A — 10 Mar 2016

I haven't heard the title "Room" if not because of the Oscar and the SAG Award. Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay weren't known as method actors before this film launched. Brie Larson even got her recognition on 21 Jump Street (2010). The poster of the film looked awesome though. It looked promising. And it indeed promising!

Room concentrated on 2 acts: life in the Room and life out of the Room. This isn't a spoiler because you can see the 2 acts in the trailer. We weren't suppose to concentrate on the whole act, but the filmmakers wants us to concentrate on the people acting inside the movie. It explored deeply on the possibilities of the emotions developed by the story.

But, don't feel spoiled just after watching the trailer. Because the trailer is just a trailer - not the whole movie. There were a lot of surprises in the whole film.

Brie Larson were amazing in this film. She proved that research and experiment were crusial to build the foundation of GOOD acting. Preparing for the role was pretty hard for Larson; she had to locked herself inside her house without phone or internet; even though she consider herself as introvert, she cried at the very last days her own house.

And Jacob. He could be the next star child who we were waiting for all these years. He was amazing! He really knew what he was doing. I'm very excited to see his next movie.

The cinematography looked hard; tight space is a challege to all of us filmmakers. There can't be so many people inside the set. When they started rolling the camera, I predicted it was only the cinematographer and the director who stayed behind the camera.

The set had a very great mood-building things. It didn't create that awkward feeling which sitcoms or cheap drama have. I really like the look and the mood, especially in the Room.

The verdict:

The movie concentrated primarily on the emotions that the actors produced rather than the whole story, which was the key-selling of this movie.