ROOM
GALA PRESENTATIONS D: Lenny Abrahamson. Ireland/Canada. Sep 15, 6 pm, Sep 16, 3 pm Princess of Wales. See listings. Rating: NNNN Win a copy of ROOM on Blu-ray™ here.
We’ve been told that it’s okay to spoil the biggest revelation about Room, so here you go: Brie Larson is absolutely amazing in it.
As a young woman who’s spent seven years in isolation – five of them with her young son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), Larson’s cautious, almost elemental performance communicates bone-deep trauma and profound resilience. Emma Donoghue’s adaptation of her own novel necessarily loses a lot of the lyricism, but director Abrahamson (Frank) makes the most of his limited resources.
Once the story opens up, a good deal of tension goes out, but Larson’s performance carries Room through to the end.
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