Room (2015)
94%RT Audience Score: 93%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
108 wins & 140 nominations total
Led by incredible work from Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, Room makes for an unforgettably harrowing — and undeniably rewarding — experience.
Room is a film that will make you feel all the emotions. From heartbreak to hope, this movie takes you on a journey that you won’t soon forget. Brie Larson gives an incredible performance as a mother trying to protect her son from the horrors of their captivity. The film is both haunting and beautiful, and it will leave you thinking about it long after the credits roll. Don’t miss out on this emotional rollercoaster of a movie.
Production Company(ies)
Element Pictures, Film 4 Film Nation Entertainment,
Distributor
A24
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Apache Burgers, 5236 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language
Year of Release
2016
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 12.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 58m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:Canada
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 22, 2016 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2016
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $35,401,758
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $43,632,616
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,397
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,758,191
US/Canada gross: $14,677,654
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $18,090,187
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,443
US/Canada opening weekend: $118,298
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $145,802
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,795
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $13,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $16,022,481
Production budget ranking: 1,482
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $8,628,106
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $18,982,028
ROI to date (est.): 77%
ROI ranking: 1,023
Jacob Tremblay – Jack
Joan Allen – Grandma
Sean Bridgers – Old Nick
Tom McCamus – Leo
William H. Macy – Grandpa
Director(s)
Lenny Abrahamson
Writer(s)
Emma Donoghue
Producer(s)
Ed Guiney, David Gross
Film Festivals
Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
108 wins & 140 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (317) | Top Critics (80) | Fresh (295) | Rotten (22)
I remain struck by both the simplicity and tenderness of the narrative that is haunted by a deep tragedy.
March 21, 2017 | Rating: A
Candice Frederick
Reel Talk Online
TOP CRITIC
Room takes a nightmarish premise in an impossibly contained set and turns it into one of this year’s most emotionally poignant films.
February 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Complex
TOP CRITIC
Room is a lithe, deeply moving wonder that builds to a miraculous coda.
August 22, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Room can be, at times, an almost unbearably emotional experience, but that’s a good thing. It feels good to feel so much at the movies.
June 12, 2016 | Rating: 4/4
Max Weiss
Baltimore Magazine
TOP CRITIC
This is a film that trusts its audience, and takes its time letting them in on the particulars of what these two are doing in this room.
May 3, 2016
Jason Bailey
Flavorwire
TOP CRITIC
There’s no denying that Room starts from a dark place, but that does not necessarily make it a bleak film.
February 12, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5
Stephen Romei
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
Room never grandstands to overstated dramatic revelations or unrealistic catharsis; it tells an affecting story through the three-dimensional emotions of its characters, but not by spelling out each emotion through expositional dialogue.
April 25, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Room showcases the best and worst of humanity in a compelling story adapted by Emma Donoghue from her own novel.
August 27, 2021
Hosea Rupprecht
Pauline Center for Media Studies
A tearjerker that occasionally makes too much room for melodrama and on-the-money dialogue, but is captivatingly told nonetheless.
March 4, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
Room is too vague and noncommittal … about its aims to do much more than cash in on its idiosyncrasies as an abduction melodrama-thriller.
February 26, 2021
Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
Brie Larson is at her vulnerable best in this exploration of isolation, identity, and perceived safety set around a young woman and her son held captive by her rapist.
December 16, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
Wesley Lovell
Cinema Sight
The focus on the aftermath starts to dilute the potency of the initial premise and its hair-raising unraveling.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins…
Plot
ROOM tells the extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited 5-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted mother. Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their life, however, is anything but typical
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Brie Larson’s performance in Room is described as “incredible work” by Fresh Kernels.
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