Well developed look at the story of a kidnapping victim.

Rating: 8/10 (19 October 2015)

Jack was a little boy who believed that the room he was born and raised in for 5 years was the world, and only he and his mother live there together. Than one day shortly after his 5th birthday, he has to come to grasp with the fact that "Room" is a very small part of the world.
I thought they handled the situation perfectly, especially Brie Larson as Jack's Ma, Joy. Room was semi narrated by Jack, but this was his mother's story, of how she used Jack to keep her sanity while in the room, and she was still in that room even after she physically was let out.
It was interesting watching the two in the room living there day to day life and how she explained the limited world they live in. It was suspenseful as Mamma Joy used Jack as part of her plan to break free and it was fascinating watching Joy readjusting to the world and Jack discovering it.
I thought it was a well done picture with some great acting going on that revolves around Brie Larson but gives even small parts like the one William H. Macy had, as a dad who can't deal with what his daughter went though, the kind of subtle development that gets under your skin.
It walks slowly buy says a lot, and I really like that.