Unforgettable movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2018)

This was a brilliant movie about a boy who has never been exposed to the outside world because his mother was kidnapped and held in a garden shed. Ma and Jack's situation is slowly revealed to us in pieces through Jack's perspective. As we gain more information about Room, the tiny space Jack and his Ma are confined to, we discover they are being held captive by a man called "Old Nick". He kidnapped Ma long ago, and she has matured into an adult and a mother in Room. Old Nick is a typical abusive kidnapper type, but his violence toward Ma is devastating from Jack's perspective.
Ma does everything in her power to keep Jack safe. When Old Nick moves to touch Jack, Ma fights fiercely to protect Jack, showing how strong her love for him is. To Jack the room was the whole world. . When they finally manage to escape their confinement Jack finally learns about the world outside of his small room.
The second half of the movie is very different. They escape from Old Nick, but adjusting to freedom proves to be more difficult than attaining it.
Room provides a deep and critical exploration of what happens to Ma and Jack in the second act. It suggests that the most important challenge for them to overcome isn't the kidnapping at all; it's figuring out how to be normal again. This leads to meaningful discoveries for both characters, and through their growth, the audience grows too.
There are some things that really don´t make sense ! Joy's father had potential, but disappeared. He's happy his daughter returned, but won't even look at Jack, most likely because he was conceived through rape. There was some good tension in the second half with that scene and I'd have loved to see more of Macy and Larson going at it. Instead, once he leaves that scene, he never returns and it feels like a missed opportunity.
Other than that this movie was heartbreaking . The ending is intensely satisfying. It is more rewarding because of how Ma and Jack are challenged. Room reminds us to be thankful for what we have and love a little more fiercely.