Take Shelter
Michael Shannon stars as Curtis, a man plagued by paranoiac visions of oncoming storms, and vicious nightmares about his family being attacked. Basically, he’s a very troubled guy, and Shannon turns in a barn-burning, apocalyptic performance that only he could give. Jessica Chastain is equally good as his wife, a good-natured person who is terrified by the path her husband is on. Writer-director Jeff Nichols has put together an unsettling movie about these often-difficult times in which we live. Take Shelter is not a feel-good movie by any means, unless you favor feeling like shit. It’s one of the year’s best films, with Shannon and Chastain deserving award consideration.
By Bob Grimm
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Credits
Director:
- Jeff Nichols
Cast:
- Michael Shannon
- Jessica Chastain
- Shea Whigham
- Katy Mixon
- Ray McKinnon
- Lisagay Hamilton
- Robert Longstreet
- Kathy Baker
- Tova Stewart
Producers:
- Tyler Davidson
- Sophia Lin
- Sarah Green
- Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
- Colin Strause
- Greg Strause
- Richard Rothfeld
- Chris Perot
- Christos Konstantakopoulos
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