Academy Awards, USA 2016
| Won Oscar | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Brie Larson |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year Ed Guiney |
| Best Achievement in Directing Lenny Abrahamson | |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Emma Donoghue |
A24
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, A24)
A woman and her young son live alone in a one-room shed in suburban Ohio. They are being held captive by a man who rapes the woman regularly while the boy sleeps in a wardrobe closet. After several years, she devises an escape plan, which miraculously succeeds. They move in with her parents, who have undergone their own changes over the years, and struggle to adapt to the outside world. Well-acted and conceived, but also cold and aloof. Attempts to be philosophical by including narration of the boys point-of-view, growing up in an alternate reality consisting of one room and a TV, seem like an afterthought.
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