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Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2019)

The novel is not only about the days in the room and the escape from it but how to face and adapt the society, how to face the doubt from the public opinion and how to relive their lives. What the film can express is limited. I had tears in my eyes while I was watching the movie. It is immersive. But the darker things written in the novel, although they escaped they still had to face complex societies, and even the cruel reality that the victims are still subject to moral doubts does not show much. That the film focused more on the child at last is cured but also weakened the intensity. I felt a little pity about this. It's a good thing that we have a movie that tells the public a story like this. However, the parts that need the public to reflect the most, how they live their lives after the escape, is expressed vaguely.