For a month or more now Shorty has been asking me to watch Room, a movie I had never heard about until she mentioned it. Last night we finally watched it and I must say I was blown away.
Now before I let you watch the trailer let me tell you a bit about the movie. Room is about a woman who was kidnapped and locked in a room for many years by her captor. After a couple of years in captivity she gave birth to a boy and raised him in that room.
To protect him from the harsh truth of their reality she raised him telling him that the room was the world. Ok now watch the trailer.
Here’s what I loved about the movie.
- Brie Larson the main actress was amazing!
Brie Larson played the role of the mother and she did it effortlessly. Or at least it appeared so. Emotional roles like the one she played often risk overacting from the actor but Brie managed to convey her emotions really subtly to the audience. You knew she was happy even if she wasn’t smiling or sad if she wasn’t frowning.
It’s no wonder she won an Oscar for Best Actress for this role.
2. Jacob Tremblay the boy in the movie was equally as awesome
Yes I said boy. The first time I saw the trailer I thought it was a little girl instead of a boy… because of the long hair. But no Jacob Tremblay plays a boy and he was amazing. I really admire child actors who can pull off such a performance. Again it requires just the right amount of acting… not over-acting.
3. The Storytelling
The movie can sound depressing when you first hear about its premise. Heck I’m not one for indy or artsy movies because they tend to be really draggy and all but Room told the story very well. It spent just enough time developing the characters and giving you an insight on how a day went by in the room. What I loved the most was the story between mother and son. The relationship they had and how they both kept each other sane. I gotta admit I teared man tears at some scenes and it’s not scenes that were obviously made just to make an audience cry. It’s scenes that emotions were so strong you felt you just had to cry. That crying was just a by product of you watching it.
I highly recommend watching Room. It’s an awesome movie and one that really deserved the Oscar Nominations it got.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space