Room – 4 out of 5
Oh hai, movie that isn’t The Room! For some reason, a few people in my life have watched The Room for the first time recently and have been pestering me to watch it, too. Well, pestering is a harsh word—they’ve been informing me on a rapid and frequent basis that I should check it out. It’s been on my Watch List since it came out but, for one reason or another (mostly having to do with the fact I keep accidentally putting in The Room), I just never got to it. Well, I finally checked it out and was damn impressed with the product.
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| "I did not hit her. I did nawt." I swear, that will be the last joke about The Room. |
Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue, this story centers around the young Joy Newsome (Brie Larson) and her 5-year-old son Jack (Jacob Tremblay), both of whom are held captive by a man going by the name of Old Nick (Sean Bridgers). Joy was taken by Old Nick and left in a converted shed and there she was subjected to continuous rapes by Old Nick, Jack being a product of said assaults. Finally pushed to the edge, Joy is able to use Jack as a means to escape. Once out, Joy is reunited with her parents (Joan Allen and William H. Macy) and Jack is forced to see a larger world that he knew nothing about and nothing could prepare him for. However, once out, neither Joy nor Jack is truly prepared for the hardships that come from trying to adjust to new life.
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| "You're tearing me apart, Old Nick!" Okay, I lied about stopping The Room jokes. |
The story to Room is incredibly striking. Horror stories such as what happens to Joy aren’t really anything new in our effed up society. Hearing about them on the news is bad enough but when the victims are released that’s usually when the story ends. Room shows us the hardships of trying to cope in a world that is either forgotten to one person or completely new to another. Watching Joy and Jack try to cope and struggle with the changes that have happened is both captivating and very emotional. It was easy to be sucked into their tale and the very concept of what has occurred to them sticks with you long after the credits end.
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| I'm 90% sure my mother had that same carpet when I was a kid. |
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| How does a man who kidnaps a women and keeps her hostage in a garden shed look like? That. That's how he looks. |
The performances from Brie Larson and the rest of the cast greatly assist in the captivating story and helps make it incredibly easy to get enthralled by what is occurring. Larson is already an amazing performer and continues to show it in every product I’ve ever seen her in and this is no exception for her. I will admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of Jacob Tremblay early in the film and, honestly, found him kind of annoying at the beginning. However, as the story progressed, I found him pretty amazing to watch and I was able to truly appreciate how much he brought to the role as he showcased a character blossoming and growing in a strange new world. The rest of them did a great job of bringing life to the world around Joy and Jack. Joan Allen and William H. Macy are great as Joy’s parents and really show the spectrum of what those around the victims of a situation such as this can end up going through. For example, William H. Macy’s character’s reaction to Joy’s return is heartbreaking and tragic but does tremendous work in showing the hardships that the duo would have to overcome when reinserting themselves into the world. His part is small but it plays out in a big way and Macy doesn’t phone it in.
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| Has Macy ever phoned it in? I doubt it. |
Room is an amazingly dramatic and impactful film without ever feeling like it is trying. There a stark simplicity to its presentation and when the realistic and powerful performances are added it only makes this a film that commanded attention but with a quiet voice.
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