Take Shelter

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Genre : ThrillerDramaHorror

Runtime : 120 mins

Release Date : 2011-09-30

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I do love slow-paced thriller films and this is exactly that. Having said that, there is something that makes me uneasy about the ending. It is up to so many interpretations that the writer / director of the film didn’t know himself how to end otherwise a close-to-brilliant story with a decent acti...

_Take Shelter’s_ a slow burn, but it gets under your skin. Shannon’s great—properly intense—and there’s loads to chew on about fear, family, and mental health. Bit heavy-handed at times, and it drags in spots

The family “LaForche” live in a remote Ohio backwater where mother “Samantha” (Jessica Chastain) looks after their deaf daughter “Hannah” (Tova Stewart) whilst dad “Curtis” (Michael Shannon) works for a local drilling outfit. Recently, though, things have become a bit strained as he has been having...

Cast

Michael Shannon

(Curtis LaForche)

Jessica Chastain

(Samantha LaForche)

Shea Whigham

(Dewart)

Tova Stewart

(Hannah LaForche)

Katy Mixon

(Nat)

Robert Longstreet

(Jim)

Ray McKinnon

(Kyle)

Kathy Baker

(Sarah)

LisaGay Hamilton

(Kendra)

Jeffrey Grover

(Psychiatrist)

Natasha Randall

(Cammie)

Ron Kennard

(Russell)

Scott Knisley

(Lewis)

Heather Caldwell

(Special Ed Teacher)

Sheila Hullihen

(Woman in Road)

Maryanne Nagel

(Insurance Agent)

Stuart Greer

(Army-Navy Dave)

Bart Flynn

(Dave)

Molly McGinnis

(Janine)

John Kloock

(Man in Road)

Marianna Alacchi

(Bargain Hunter)

Jacque Jovic

(News Anchor)

Peter Ferry

(Melvin)

Ken Strunk

(Doctor Shannan)

Hailee Dickens

(Pharmacist)

Guy Van Swearingen

(Myers)

Nick Koesters

(Rich)

Jason Botsford

(Construction Worker)