Truck Wiggle Out. Run Madman Sparknotes

Film Review: Room “Truck. Wiggle out. Jump. Run. Somebody.” Lenny Abrahamson’s Room is just a story of primitive living. It is Emma Donoghue’s critically-acclaimed novel of growth in an enclosed room between a mother and son. And it blossoms into something much more -- a plant, a flower. The dynamic duo between Abrahamson’s melodramatic direction and Donoghue’s brilliant story sheds light on the beauty of life and growth. This is Donoghue’s story (and her first screenplay). Like Abrahamson’s previous films What Richard Did and Frank, Room is a dynamic character study under harrowing circumstances. It is the testing ground between a mother and son. It is the unfolding of life through Jack’s (Jacob Tremblay) five-year-old perspective. The opening scene begins with muted, blue colors and abrupt cuts of this enclosed room. To Jack, the beauty of life is bestowed upon a small, decrepit garden shed. His narration accompanies what he sees when he first starts the day: his friends Lamp, Chair, and Sink. They all share the same world with him that is Room. They are real unlike the people shown on television, and outside Room which is “outer space.” He is five years old. Five years, he is in Room with his best friend: Ma (Brie Larson). His daily routines consist of …show more content…
Abrahamson successfully pulls our heart strings with his symbolic composition (as comparable to Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life) and intimate melodrama. He allows us to feel the pain that Ma holds as she faces imprisonment inside a tiny, frail room, meanwhile Jack playfully indulging in his own world. Donoghue’s novel provides insight to blissful ignorance and imprisonment of both the physical and mental state. Abrahamson translates Donoghue’s unique narration meticulously onto the big screen, and provides a heartfelt cinematic experience like no