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Room
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
2015 · Directed by Lenny Abrahamson · 118 min · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
Love knows no boundaries.
Plot
In Akron, Ohio, 24-year-old Joy Newsome and her five-year-old son Jack live in a squalid shed they call "Room." They share a bed, toilet, bathtub, television, and rudimentary kitchen; the only window is a skylight. They are captives of a man they call "Old Nick," Jack's biological father, who abducted Joy seven years prior and routinely rapes her while Jack sleeps in the closet; Jack is the product of one such encounter. Joy tries to stay optimistic for Jack's sake, but suffers from malnutrition and depression. Not wanting to disappoint Jack, she has led him to believe that only Room and its contents are real, and that the rest of the world exists only on television.
Old Nick tells Joy that he has lost his job and may not be able to afford their supplies in the future. That night, Jack curiously ventures out of the closet while Old Nick is asleep in bed with Joy. Joy, horrified, slaps Old Nick away; as punishment, he cuts their heat and power.
Joy finally tells Jack about the outside world; he is at first distraught and refuses to believe her, but Joy is eventually successful in convincing him to fake a fever, hoping that Old Nick will take him to a hospital where he can alert authorities. This fails when Old Nick merely promises to bring them antibiotics. Joy subsequently wraps Jack in a rug and has him pretend he has died from his illness, telling him to run to the first person he sees for help. Falling for the ruse, Old Nick places Jack in the back of his pickup truck and drives through a residential neighborhood. Although stunned by his first exposure to the outside world, Jack jumps from the truck and attracts the attention of a passerby. Old Nick attempts to drag Jack back to his truck, but fails and flees the scene. The police arrive and rescue Jack, who directs them to Joy. She and Jack are both taken to a hospital, while Old Nick is captured and arrested.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Emma Donoghue
- Cinematography: Danny Cohen
- Edited by: Nathan Nugent
- Music: Stephen Rennicks
- Production design: Ethan Tobman
- Produced by: Ed Guiney, David Gross
Cast
- Brie Larson as Ma
- Jacob Tremblay as Jack
- Joan Allen as Nancy
- Sean Bridgers as Old Nick
- Tom McCamus as Leo
- William H. Macy as Robert
- Cas Anvar as Dr. Mittal
- Amanda Brugel as Officer Parker
- Wendy Crewson as Talk Show Hostess
- Joe Pingue as Officer Grabowski
Production
- Country: Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Téléfilm Canada, Element Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, No Trace Camping
- Budget: $13,000,000
- Box office: $35,401,758
- Themes: based on novel or book, escape, isolation, carpet, kidnapping, imprisonment, grandparents, hospital, dog, captive
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