Movie Review: Room (2015)

Hello All,

So there are a few films on my radar for this week, including one I found on DVD. I even have a few films I have to watch in preparation for those films as well so, yeah a lot of watching for me this week. So I figured I’d best get this one out of the way considering it’s already been out for a week here (I think.) I’ve been hearing a lot about this movie, so I figured it was one I should see. How did I like it? Let’s find out shall we?

Plot Summary - Joy “Ma” Newsome (Brie Larson) lives in a small, sealed off shed, with her now 5 year old son Jack (Jacob Tremblay). What to Jack seems like the whole world, is actually known to Joy as an imprisonment by a man only known as Old Nick (Sean Bridgers). When Joy sees an opportunity, as well as a more urgent need to escape, she recruits Jack into a scheme to get them both to escape.

Pros - So right away, I’m jumping on the bandwagon and saying that yes Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay do some of the best acting I’ve seen in awhile. Especially Jacob, as most child actors manage to be okay at best, but honestly he might be the best child actor I’ve seen this year (Sorry Levi Miller, you were still great though.) The film also has a really this really bleak look to it that manages to capture the gravity of the situation perfectly, and it actually changes along with the story in a way that I honestly didn’t even realize was happening until now.

Cons - Okay, I know this might considered a nit pick, and I’m sorry, but the one thing I really thought the movie needed was a better sense of how time passed in the movie. Now I understand in some films like this they purposefully leave it ambiguous but I honestly think if we had a better understanding of it we could get a better sense in how far along they’ve come throughout.

Final Score - 9/10

I highly recommend this film despite the nit pick, and this will at least be on the honourable mentions for this year. I would be happy if either Brie or Jacob got at least an Oscar nomination because they do deserve the recognition.

Okay, there’s five films supposedly opening this weekend, plus one I have to watch on Netflix, and the one I have on DVD. I know there’s at least one I can do Thursday night, and I have the DVD and the Netflix one to watch before hand.

So until those numerous occasions, I’ll see you folks at the movies.