Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
8 June 1950, Midland, Texas, USA
28 February 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
5 January 1969, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
15 November 1957, Adel, Georgia, USA
13 May 1993, Columbus, Ohio, USA
7 August 1974, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
25 March 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 March 1981, Pensacola, Florida, USA
2 December 1959
May 08, 2016
An intelligent bone chilling art-house film about dealing with our anxiety in the modern world.
November 22, 2011
When future film historians look back at the cultural fallout from America's financial collapse, 'Take Shelter' will be a key text. That is, if the storm doesn't sweep us all away.
October 30, 2011
Shannon wonderfully modulates Nichols' portrait of a man whose mind and life seem to unravel before our eyes.
June 20, 2013
In my estimate, this unique and frequently arresting film suffers from the monotony of the lead players' affect, and from the film's urge to have its gloomy cake and eat it.
October 28, 2011
There's a strong, unsettling sense of disease that runs through Take Shelter, the best drama of the year so far.
December 29, 2012
Director Nichols walks a tightrope between giving us a dark, Gothic tale of misunderstood prophecy and a sobering lesson on the state of mental health care in rural America.
October 22, 2012
While Take Shelter isn't by any means perfect - writer/director Jeff Nichols could use a refresher course on editing - it's a powerful film, displaying a devolvement into insanity that ultimately proves to be quite visionary.
November 11, 2013
Tight editing and pace make for a careful and thoughtful film that is a very strong piece of cinema.
May 03, 2015
There's no suspense and little surprise. Just a long. slow grind to ruin.
October 02, 2012
I could watch Michael Shannon stare at a wall for 90 minutes and still be captivated.
January 04, 2012
A hallucinatory thriller anchored by a deeply resonant sense of unease.
October 28, 2011
In an era of empty entertainments, "Take Shelter" is built to last.
