Review of Take Shelter (2011) by Johnw67 — 14 Mar 2012

Take Shelter is simply the best movie of last year.

First of all, the couple Shannon-Chastain is irresistible, with, as usual, a breathtaking performance by the one that use to date Eminem's mom in 8 Miles. Jeff Nichols shows us once more that he definitely a director to have a look on for the future, i'm thinking if he keeps doing on such great pieces of art, he'll become popular and brillant such as Nolan or Lumet !

Last year dramas were not specially good I think (example : Shame), with predictable plot, nothing happening.. Well, if you're thinking as I do, go ahead and have a look at Take Shelter, a movie you can't even describe.

During the movie, you can't tell whether Curtis (Shannon) is becomming a fool, or if an apocalyptic tragedy is about to occur. And that's all the 'magic' about this one. Curtis coworker and friend, Dewart (Shea Whigham) is here to make us wonder about Curtis as he follows Curtis' fall into madness. It's like Dewart's character was made to remind us that an apocalypse would never happen, trying to get this idea in Curtis' head, in vain.

Now i'm going to stop writing about Take Shelter, cause I don't want to spoil anything for anyone but i'm gonna end by saying that Nichols' movie deserve all the critical acclaim it have had since his release.

9/10, JohnW67.