Synopsis
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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Cast
- Brie LarsonJoy 'Ma' Newsome
- Jacob TremblayJack Newsome
- Joan AllenNancy Newsome
- Sean BridgersOld Nick
- Tom McCamusLeo
- William H. MacyRobert Newsome
- Cas AnvarDr. Mittal
- Amanda BrugelOfficer Parker
- Wendy CrewsonTalk Show Hostess
- Joe PingueOfficer Grabowski
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
Room is more than the title of one of the year’s most powerful movies — it’s a state of mind that’s unbearably tense and as claustrophobic as a straitjacket - 91
Hitfix
Room is simply a movie about mother and son trying to adapt to the outside world after years of forced captivity. And the surprise is how succinctly it captures this drastic life change from the perspective of five-year-old. - 91
IndieWire
Director Lenny Abrahamson seamlessly translates Donoghue's work into cinematic terms with his relentlessly compelling adaptation. However, the drama owes just as much to its two stars, Brie Larson and newcomer Jacob Tremblay, whose textured performances turn outrageous circumstances into a tense and surprisingly credible survival tale. - 88
Slant Magazine
The film, never sensational or saccharine, is a tough but tender tribute to the creative power of maternal love. - 80
The Guardian
There are some plausibility issues in Room, but this is a disturbing and absorbing film, shrewdly acted, particularly by Larson. It lets the audience in; it does not just let the nightmare stun them into submission. You make a real emotional engagement. - 80
Time Out
If Abrahamson were as gifted with a camera as he was with his cast (he inspires subtlety even from the tiny Tremblay), Room could have been truly worthy of the astonishing performances that provide its foundation. - 80
Variety
It’s a testament to the story’s underlying integrity that, even when deprived of some of the elements that made Emma Donoghue’s 2010 book so gripping, director Lenny Abrahamson’s inevitably telescoped but beautifully handled adaptation retains considerable emotional impact. - 75
The Playlist
Room has unforgettable, must-witness performances, and its soulful mother and son narrative is one of the most touching dynamics you’ll see in theaters this year.
