Now that the AWC Conference is over I can write about the movie I saw last week Wednesday.
Take Shelter is a well made Psychological Drama that focuses on an everyday American family man, Curtis (played by Michael Shannon), who begins having unsettling nightmares.
The dreams become more intense and Curtis begins to fear that he may be becoming like his mother, who abandoned him as a child due to her paranoid schizophrenia and has been hospitalized ever since. He does not want that to happen to his family, so he lies to all those in his life about why he is updating the storm shelter in the back yard.
Curtis sees doctor after doctor, who prescribe medications to help him maintain his way of life, but the nightmares persist and his world begins to unravel, much like the destruction wrought by the horrific storms in his dreams.
I won't give away the ending in this one, though I will say it did make one gentleman grumble behind me. I hate when people do that. My opinion is that the ending tied it all together nicely. It had me walking out of the theater reflecting on the simply told story and the complex issues it raised about the human mind.
This movie, as the groaning man in the theater might attest, is not for everyone. Kids won't like it. People looking for action and adventure or comedy won't like it. But those who like to walk out of a theater reflecting on what they just saw will enjoy this movie. I did.
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