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Take Shelter (2011)
7.3
92%Runtime120 min
Rating15
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Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Take Shelter (2011) was critically acclaimed, with a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.3/10 on IMDb, indicating strong audience reception. The film was praised for its tense, atmospheric exploration of mental illness and the nature of reality.
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Jeff Nichols' psychological thriller, with its contemplative pacing and exploration of mental illness, resonates with the introspective, character-driven sensibilities of the mumblecore movement.
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Take Shelter is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who, plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself and his increasing worry over having paranoid schizophrenia.
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