Started amazing..ended weak

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2019)

I gave this 6 stars just because up until the point that they escape, this film had me on the edge of my seat! Started off with so much promise. Once they manage to escape and the police rescue them, it all goes downhill.
Quite frankly, there was WAY too much focus on the little boy and him readjusting to the real world. Also quite repetitive- we get it, "room" is all he knows. I would have much preferred they take more of an adult/mature angle to it and show us what happened to the abductor, what kind of headspace the mother was in that lead to her suicide attempt, etc. Not saying they needed to cut out the little boy completely but it should have been 50/50 at least, it just felt like the little boy show during the second half! If not for the captivating first half, I would only give it 4 stars.