Directed by Jeff Nichols (2016)
by Jaime Davis
The Fixer at Moviejawn
There's a scene in Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter (2011) where Curtis (Michael Shannon) slowly walks through his living room, soaked in blue, taking everything in. At first, we catch only a glimpse of his wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain), her back to us as she appears to be cooking at the stove. Something about her slack posture and lack of movement suggests something is, well, off. Back to Curtis as he moodily walks through his home, and then back to Samantha, who by now is staring back at us, strangely, inexplicably dripping wet. Her expression and movements are odd, as are Shannon's: almost imperceptible, minute, dreamlike. Because this is indeed a dream. A pretty fucking creepy one, in fact. It almost feels like a scene from a horror movie, the kind they make in Japan but then remake in the U.S. to little effect. But this is not a horror movie, no, not quite.
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