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Room

2015

Lenny Abrahamson

Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy ...

7.6

46,484

Drama Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Discover it for yourself (...) One of the best movies of the decade (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Room' deserves to be seen unspoiled. All you need to know is that the performances of Larson and Tremblay will blow you away. OK, 'Room' is a small movie, but its impact is enormous (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	"One of the most gripping first hours in a movie that I can recall (...) The second half of the film is fascinating in an entirely different way. (...) “Room” is a one-of-a-kind, must-see experience"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"One of the year’s most powerful movies (...) 'Room' may not be a pleasant place to spend two hours, but it's an unsettling experience you won't forget"	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A suspenseful and heartrending drama (...) Brie Larson’s superb lead performance (...) Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay give this truncated but still-powerful adaptation of Emma Donoghue's novel its beating heart."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich Time Out	"A potent and sensitive film (...) astonishing performances (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"'Room' is several things by turn: creepy, frightening, exhilarating and then frightening and exhilarating all over again"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"What could have been a lurid, opportunistic glimpse into the heart of darkness instead becomes a probing, extraordinarily tender portrait of maternal devotion and youthful resourcefulness"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Involving and moderately heartwarming here and there, even if doesn't reach the higher levels of psychological insight and emotional profundity to which it aspires. (...) real credit is due the lead actors"	POS
United Kingdom	Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"Director seems uncertain of how to translate Emma Donoghue’s novel to the big screen (...) If anything, 'Room' proves Abrahamson as a master actor's director. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Gregory Ellwood Hitfix	"Moving drama (...) Larson's exquisite and heartbreaking performance (...) Larson will deserve all the praise she gets for her work here. (...) That being said, Tremblay is the real revelation."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Lenny Abrahamson's drama casts a unique spell. (...) Abrahamson seamlessly translates Donaghue's work into cinematic terms. (...) a tense and surprisingly credible survival tale."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"It lacks the flooding emotional force Donoghue gave it on the page (...) It’s good, but also a somewhat glassy experience (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"'Room' offers highly imaginative and, at times, visionary film-making that transcends its claustrophobic settings and defies genre stereotyping (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"Tough, but resilience is amply rewarded. If last year’s larky 'Frank' suggested Abrahamson was a director to watch, this makes him a director to be cherished (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard	"Larson delivers every line to perfection and, as it happens, there’s not one weak link in the cast (...) I guarantee you won’t be able to look away (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Alan Corr RTÉ	"A nuanced and deeply touching adaptation. It is a very moving portrait of motherhood, hope and determination, a brilliantly made film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"A film that manages a degree of optimism in the most unpromising circumstances. It is a substantial achievement (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"As moving and affecting as anything you're likely to see this year (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Michael Lee Film Ireland	"Abrahamson has created a masterful oddity; a world that’s spatially confined, but emotionally limitless and arresting."	POS

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