"Love knows no boundaries"
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Produced by Ed Guiney, David Gross
Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Based on "Room" by Emma Donoghue
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy
Music by Stephen Rennicks
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Edited by Nathan Nugent
Production companies: Element Pictures,No Trace Camping, Film4
Distributed by A24 Films
Release date: 16 October 2015 (United States)
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: Canada, Ireland
Budget: $6 million
Box office: $16 million
"Room" is a drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her novel of the same name. It tells the story Jack and his mother who escape from the enclosed surroundings, and Jack starts to discover the real world.
Cast
- Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome
- Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome
- Joan Allen as Nancy Newsome
- William H. Macy as Robert Newsome
- Sean Bridgers as Old Nick
- Tom McCamus as Leo
- Amanda Brugel as Officer Parker
- Joe Pingue as Officer Grabowski
- Megan Park as Laura
- Cas Anvar as Dr. Mittal
- Wendy Crewson as Talk Show Hostess
"The Room". That was a film which I heard about only after the announcement of Oscar nominations 2016 - unfortunately, that's true. However, now I have no compunction about watching this outstanding picture.
Jack and his mother has spent about five years in a small shed called "Room". Why? Jack's father, Old Nick, has kidnapped and raped Joy and after that he still keeps her and doesn't let her and their kid go.
"What the hell?" - I remember that was my first thought. But when I realised that the boy had been born and grown in that place without seeing the real world - that was where the shoe pinched! All Jack has seen is Room and nothing more: no other people, no animals, no plants... That's why the most interesting starts when he and Joy escape from Old Jack.
The hospital, medicines, people, big windows, fresh air, cars - everything is new for him, everything scares him. Will he cope with his fears?
Don't expect special effects or a fast-moving moving plot as no, it's a film of an other kind. Acting and characters are the central attractions of the picture and that's what you need to pay attention to:
Brie Larson as poor but strong Joy looks incredible, Jacob Tremblay as smart and curious Jack seems so believable that you may be surprised how a such young actor is able to manage his difficult task.
And some words about colours: don't forget to notice how differ colours in Room and in the world.
Advantages
- Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome
- Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome
- The plot
- The view of a small boy
- Acting
Disadvantages
- Too simple from time to time
"Strangenesses"
- Has anyone been looking for Joy all this time?
Clue Moments
- The shed
- The window
- Old Nick
- A fever
- The carpet
- The hospital
- Jack and the world
- Old Nick's arrest
- Leo's dog
- Joy's suicide attempt
- The haircut
- Room
Details
- Room is full of blue colours, while the world is more yellow
Soundtracks
- Stephen Rennicks - Opening
- Stephen Rennicks - Big Rock Candy Mountain – Brie Larson
- Stephen Rennicks - Wardrobe
- Stephen Rennicks - Out of Wardrobe
- Stephen Rennicks - Mouse
- Stephen Rennicks - Eggshells
- Stephen Rennicks - I’m Scared
- Stephen Rennicks - Gone Day
- Stephen Rennicks - Roll Up
- The Mighty Rio Grande – This Will Destroy You
- Stephen Rennicks - Nick Dumps Jack
- Stephen Rennicks - Cops
- Stephen Rennicks - In The World
- Stephen Rennicks - Stacey Benton
- Stephen Rennicks - After Mittal
- Stephen Rennicks - After Suicide
- Stephen Rennicks - Bricks in Wardrobe
- Stephen Rennicks - Ma’s Photos
- Stephen Rennicks - Try Everything
- Stephen Rennicks - End
- Stephen Rennicks - New End
Quotations
* * *
Ma: You're gonna love it.Jack: What?
Ma: The world.
* * *
Jack: There's so much of "place" in the world. There's less time because the time has to be spread extra thin over all the places, like butter. so all the persons say "Hurry up! Let's get going! Pick up the pace! Finish up now!". Ma was in a hurry to go "boing" up to Heaven, but she forgot me. Dumbo Ma! So the aliens threw her back down. CRASH! And broke her.
* * *
Jack: When I was small, I only knew small things. But now I'm five, I know everything!
* * *
Jack: Are we in another planet?Ma: Same one. Just a different spot.
* * *
Jack: Once upon a time, before I came, you cried and cried and watched TV all day, until you were a zombie. But then I zoomed down from Heaven, through skylight, into Room. And I was kicking you from the inside. Boom boom! And then I shot out onto Rug with my eyes wide open, and you cut the cord and said, "Hello Jack!"
* * *
Nancy: Hello, Jack. Thanks for saving our little girl.
* * *
Jack: There are so many things out here. And sometimes it's scary. But that's ok. Because it's still just you and me...
* * *
Jack: Say bye to Room, Ma.Ma: Bye, Room.
* * *
You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 8/10
Entertainment: 8/10
Acting: 8/10
Originality: 7/10
Music and Sound: 7/10
8/10
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