"Room" is life affirming, a work of art both moving and beautiful.

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2015)

There are only a handful of films that I can think about during a regular day that get me lost back into the theater to re-experience the beauty and magic of those films. "Room" is one of them. This is a film that can transform your emotions so quickly and so authentically that you forget your watching a film. "Room" controls you and manipulates your feelings to a level that no film has done before. We enter the film in a tiny room, which is actually a shed in a man's backyard that Joy (Brie Larson) and her son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) have been held captive for seven years. Joy is repeatedly assaulted by the man (which is how Jack was conceived) and is trapped in a nightmare. The two make the best of their situation, and once they escape, try and see the world for the beautiful and larger room that it truly is. Let's start by saying that Brie Larson gives perhaps the greatest performance by an actor in cinematic history. Her emotions and realistic approach to her character are so full of detail and has the ability to put you to tears due to her character's tragic situation and her remarkable comeback. This is the best actress alive today. Jack Tremblay also makes a startling revelation as one of the world's most talented young actors. "Room" is a beautiful film with spectacular direction by Lenny Abrahmson, who shifts from beautiful scenes between a mother and son, to a heart-pounding escape, and finally to the powerful and beautiful struggles and joys that life has to offer. "Room" will alter your feelings greatly throughout, but will leave you speechless due to the breathtakingly beautiful writing by Emma Donoughe and the glorious implications of hope and beauty in the world.