Take Shelter

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.

Cast

Michael Shannon

as Curtis LaForche

Jessica Chastain

as Samantha LaForche

Shea Whigham

as Dewart

Tova Stewart

as Hannah LaForche

Katy Mixon

as Nat

Robert Longstreet

as Jim

Ray McKinnon

as Kyle

Kathy Baker

as Sarah

LisaGay Hamilton

as Kendra

Jeffrey Grover

as Psychiatrist

Reviews

Jack

I do love slow-paced thriller films and this is exactly that. Having said that, there is something that makes me uneasy about the ending. It is up to so many interpretations that the writer / director of the film didn’t know himself how to end otherwise a close-to-brilliant story with a decent actin...

griggs79

_Take Shelter’s_ a slow burn, but it gets under your skin. Shannon’s great—properly intense—and there’s loads to chew on about fear, family, and mental health. Bit heavy-handed at times, and it drags in spots...

CinemaSerf

The family “LaForche” live in a remote Ohio backwater where mother “Samantha” (Jessica Chastain) looks after their deaf daughter “Hannah” (Tova Stewart) whilst dad “Curtis” (Michael Shannon) works for a local drilling outfit. Recently, though, things have become a bit strained as he has been having ...

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