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Take Shelter

  • 20112011
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7.3/10
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Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
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.
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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.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.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.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
100K
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  • Director
    • Jeff Nichols
  • Writer
    • Jeff Nichols
  • Stars
    • Michael Shannon
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Shea Whigham
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  • Director
    • Jeff Nichols
  • Writer
    • Jeff Nichols
  • Stars
    • Michael Shannon
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Shea Whigham
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 386User reviews
    • 342Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 42 wins & 46 nominations

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    Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (2011)
    Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (2011)
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    Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (2011)
    Michael Shannon and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    Jessica Chastain and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)
    Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter (2011)
    Michael Shannon in Take Shelter (2011)
    Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter (2011)
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    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Curtisas Curtis
    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Samanthaas Samantha
    Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham
    • Dewartas Dewart
    Tova Stewart
    Tova Stewart
    • Hannah LaForcheas Hannah LaForche
    Katy Mixon
    Katy Mixon
    • Natas Nat
    Natasha Randall
    • Cammieas Cammie
    Ron Kennard
    • Russellas Russell
    Scott Knisley
    • Lewisas Lewis
    Robert Longstreet
    Robert Longstreet
    • Jimas Jim
    Heather Caldwell
    Heather Caldwell
    • Special Ed Teacheras Special Ed Teacher
    Sheila Hullihen
    • Woman in Roadas Woman in Road
    John Kloock
    • Man in Roadas Man in Road
    Marianna Alacchi
    Marianna Alacchi
    • Bargain Hunteras Bargain Hunter
    Jacque Jovic
    • News Anchoras News Anchor
    Bob Maines
    • Walter Jacobsas Walter Jacobs
    Charles Moore
    Charles Moore
    • Man at Windowas Man at Window
    Pete Ferry
    • Melvinas Melvin
    Molly McGinnis
    • Janineas Janine
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      • Jeff Nichols
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      • Jeff Nichols
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    Storyline

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    Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. —napierslogs
    • schizophrenia
    • ambiguous ending
    • psychological
    • storm
    • storm shelter
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Far away from the cruel world. [Scandinavian DVD.]
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Sci-Fi
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for some language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Tova Stewart, the little girl who plays Hannah, is deaf in real life, and so are both her parents.
    • Goofs
      When Curtis has his seizure, the time on the nightstand clock changes from 2:23 to 2:30, and then back to 2:28 (which then changes to 2:29 on camera).
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Curtis: [urging] Sam.

      Samantha: Okay.

    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: 50/50 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Shelter
      Written & Performed by Ben Nichols

      Copyright 2010 Empty Roard Music (ASCAP)

    User reviews386

    Review
    Top review
    Intelligent, nicely shot film with great lead from Shannon
    Take Shelter is an intelligent, thought provoking, nicely shot film featuring an excellent performance by Michael Shannon (an Oscar nomination, surely?), who was also great in director Nichols' previous/first film, Shotgun Stories. The film explores the line between fear and paranoia, or objectivity and subjectivity, as it's protagonist - a blue-collar family man of few words - wrestles with apocalyptic dreams and visions of a strange, possibly supernatural storm, responding to them as best he can as both literal warnings AND possible signs of mental illness. The film has a brooding, at times Hitchcockian atmosphere and a very timely feel to it (think financial and environmental disasters). Set in a rural community, we have plenty of lovely wide shots of the land- and sky-scape (also a strong element of Shotgun Stories) with some added CGI on the latter for the dream/visions. Shannon's performance constitutes at least 50% of this films worth but the rest of the cast are good too. It's a slow mover and, at around two hours and fifteen minutes, perhaps a bit too long. My wife and I did have a few criticisms after watching it (at the Sydney Film Festival), but I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from seeing this film, which will no doubt be a hot topic and bring Nichols deserved recognition when it goes on general release (September 30 2011 in US)
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    • Is Tova Stewart, the little girl who plays Hannah, deaf in real life?
    • Is the storm at the end of the film real or just another dream?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2011 (Croatia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Укриття
    • Filming locations
      • LaGrange, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hydraulx
      • REI Capital
      • Grove Hill Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,730,296
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $52,041
      • Oct 2, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,741,098
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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