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| Michael Shannon in "Take Shelter" |
Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) is a working man living in small-town Ohio with his beautiful wife Samantha (Jessica Chastain) and their young, hearing-impaired daughter. However his otherwise peaceful existence is interupted by recurring dreams of an ominous storm which become increasingly vivid and lead him to fear for both his sanity and the safety of his family. Despite seeking medical assistance and counselling therapy, his anxieties continue to build and his outward behaviour becomes progressively stranger to his wife, his friends and workmates and then the hallucinations start to invade his waking life with terrifying consequences. Curtis is unable to tell whether he is experiencing deranged visions as part of a mental health breakdown or terrifying premonitions of something far greater. David Wingo's brooding foreboding score and the storyline allude to the possible origins of Curtis's psychic malady - impending ecological disaster, economic uncertainty or a family mental health trait. The surprise for all is placed in the last scene of the film. Matched by some careful and judicious special effects, the film is almost a longer version of an episode of 'The Twilight Zone'. The main problem with the storyline is the excessive amount of time spent defining the lead character's psychological state based on his dreams and the actual impact scene which is the last two minutes of the film.
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