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Rating: 8/10 (8 March 2016)

Room
To catch child abductors, the police should be staking out Home Depot's sex-dungeon department.
Unfortunately, the captor's enclosure in this drama was preexisting.
Raised by his mother, Joy (Brie Larson), in a backyard shed belonging to the man who abducted her when she was a teenager, five-year-old Jack (Jacob Tremblay) is completely unaware of life beyond the room where she and he are imprisoned.
After a successful escape, the two try to acclimate to outside life. This includes reconciling with Joy's now-divorced parents (Joan Allen, William H. Macy) and dealing with the media's victim shaming.
The most frightening yet life-affirming films in years, this character-driven adaption of the novel will resonate with views, not only for its brave performances, but also for Jack's alien-like viewpoint of the world we take for granted.
Ironically, the shut-ins discovered that everyone in the outside world was being held captive in a virtual prison.
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