Directed by Jeff Nichols (2011)
by Sandy DeVito

This review may contain spoilers

I'm a person who often questions my understanding (or lack of understanding) regarding the nature of reality. We humans, in actuality, know so little about existence, and we cling to constructs that give us some semblance of order. Time, dreams, the fog surrounding mental illness, what's important and meaningful to us: Take Shelter is about all of these things, and it's also about the unknown, in all its blackness, humanity's endless fumbling with what we don't understand. This is a very beautiful, very frightening, essentially moving and well-made genre film of the kind I've rarely seen in contemporary filmmaking.