Review: Take Shelter

We, I, here at Dumb Reviews like to use our name literally. Here is a probably spoiler-filled review of Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter" starring Michael Shannon (who stole the fucking show in "Revolutionary Road", supports the hell out of "Boardwalk Empire", and died in Delocated).

Michael Shannon plays Curtis. In the movie, Curtis looks up:

He also looks down.

Then looks up again.

There is more looking down.

But looking up takes precedent.

The movie builds emotion by having Curtis look down.

There is also emotion shown by looking up.

Down.

Up.

DOWN...

.... UP.

In all honesty, this was a very powerful movie. The kind of movie that should've netted Michael Shannon an Oscar nod, but was so far off from typical Hollywood that of course it wouldn't. The themes of mental illness and the strains it puts on relationships and oneself is portrayed very raw and real, and I imagine Jessica Chastain had a million more nuances to portray in this movie over 'The Help'. The sky plays a prominent role in this movie, so that really explains all the looking up. I kind of bullshitted the looking down, but what are you gonna do? This is just the dumb review of one the best movies of 2011. Thanks for playing, tell them what they've won...