'Room'
U; Drama
Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
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'Room' is not the usual cinema we are subjected to. And what makes it extra special is the point of view that it seeks to explore-that of a young 5-year-old Jack(Jacob Tremblay) born of a series of rapes on his then 17-year-old, captive, mother. Abducted and incarcerated and subjected to the most inhuman of tortures, the terrified young girl Joy (Brie Larson) delivers her baby in captivity, in a 10ft x 10ft locked down garden shed and the narrative is not necessarily about the heinous act of inhumanity she was being subjected to, as it is of the wonderful manner in which the 'Ma' tries to bring up her child with all the love and protectiveness she herself lost on that fateful day of her abduction. The room is the only home Jack has experienced since his birth and his 'Ma' is his life. She is the one who keeps him safe and tucked away from harm's way even in the closeted space of their forced isolation. Ma does her best to give her son as normal a life as possible, in spite of the awful circumstances, playing games and telling stories and protecting him from the knowledge of the 'real' world outside.