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Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2015)

Brie Larson's performance in this film is beyond question one of the best performances I've seen by a woman in a long time. This film starts with a mother and a son living in close confines. You think at the start they are just poor, but you begin to realise they are locked in a shed and the mother has been held captive for seven years. She tries to make the room a safe place for her son to grow up. But then one day decides she has to use her son to escape. This leads to an emotional roller-coaster of a film that doesn't let go the whole way through. This is not an easy to film to watch, so many emotions going on below the surface. I had seen Brie Larson in movies when she was a kid, but I had no idea she could be this good. What her character has to go through his horrific in itself. But she shows courage and a strong will to survive. There is so much emotional depth to her character. She shows love for her son, uses her survival instincts and a real strength has a human being to want to live in the real world again. The performance is astonishing and the performance by Jacob Tremblay as the young son is equally powerful. If you love great movies and performances, and can take this subject matter you must see this movie. Brie Larson better prepare a speech at the Oscar's because this the most sure front runner I've seen in a long time.