Room


Kidnapped at the age of 17, a young woman (Brie Larson) has been raising her five-year-old son Jack (Jake Tremblay) in the garden shed where they’re kept by their kidnapper. For his entire life, that room is the only world Jack has known, so when his mother finally plans their escape, Jack is thrust into a world he’s never experienced while his mother has to deal with other repercussions of her decision.

This was an awesome movie.  This was a completely different and expanded look at people being held in captivity.  Usually it's all about the kidnapping, the fear of being held captive and the searching for the people.  This was about the mother accepting her life in captivity and taking care of her son and the five year old son not knowing any better.  The whole first half of the movie is them inside a room the size of a shed.  The second half of the movie is them dealing with the outside once they are freed.  Again, usually any kidnapping/captivity story ends with the escape or rescue.  You never see the crazy levels of psychologically adjusting to it all.  

I definitely recommend people checking out this movie.  It was very well done and different and is one of the better movies to come out this year.