Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Take Shelter (2011)



Released November 2nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in Ohio.
The story: Curtis is a husband and the father of a young daughter who is deaf.
He does his best at making a living, while his wife does her part to pitch in.
When Curtis watches a storm roll in one day and notices the rain that falls with it isn't like any rain he's seen before, he becomes concerned.
Soon, he begins seeing many strange things that no one around him sees, as well as experiencing some really complex nightmares.
Curtis starts to think that he may have a mental illness, as it runs in his family.
He decides to try and get help, but the help he gets doesn't help at all.
Next, Curtis takes it upon himself to take out a loan and fix up his storm shelter because he really believes there is a bad storm on its way, even though no one else sees or experiences anything out of the ordinary.
Everyone around him thinks he is losing it, and just when Curtis starts to believe that as well,  as he watches his life falling apart around him, he is awakened and surprised one night by a real-life storm.
Stars Michael Shannon , Jessica Chastain , Tova Stewart , Shea Whigham , Katy Mixon Greer , Natatsha Randall , Ron Kennard , Robert Longstreet , Heather Caldwell , Scott Knisley , Marianna Alacchi
Directed by (& story written) Jeff Nichols
Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER v

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