Room

Movie Review
Film- Room
Director - Lenny Abrahamson
Genre- Dark drama

Adapted from Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel ' Room'

What an amazing movie!!

It is heartfelt and makes you see how blessed you are to be free. 

It is a story about five year old Jack and his mother who are confined inside a 10 by 10 feet garden shed. They are held captive by the captor who had kidnapped the girl as a teenager.It is the story of what they go through inside and then on the other side of the wall that separates them from the outside world.

The story projects their turmoils and their mother -child relationship. Impregnated by her captor, she has been fiercely guarding her son’s innocence and well-being ever since, including when the man known only as Old Nick appears to demand sex in return for groceries and supplies. Ma makes sure that Jack is hidden in a cupboard for these encounters, which he only dimly understands from his dramatically circumscribed experience. His entire world consists of the things he can see and touch within the tiny environs of the shed, which, thanks to Ma and his own imagination, has taken on the parameters of a fairy-tale kingdom: Inanimate objects — a toilet, a television — for him have become cherished friends and confidantes.

Later on , the mother has a plan and it is up to the little son to see the plan through. Brilliant performance by all in the movie. Specially amazing to see the little boy portray the emotions so well.

Do watch this,