Take Shelter (2011)

A young man (Michael Shannon) with a wife (Jessica Chastain) and a deaf daughter (Tova Stewart) is tormented with apocalyptic visions of tornadoes, raging storms and faceless zombie like apparitions roaming the roads. Are these signs of a mental breakdown or is he a prophet with visions of a dark future? Written and directed by Jeff Nichols (SHOTGUN STORIES). This stunning, powerful film feels like a metaphor for the justifiable paranoia that many Americans are feeling right now. Nichols has tapped into our fears that like the film's protagonist, something just isn't right with the world right now. Who doesn't have that uneasy feeling that something dark and horrid is just around the corner? The film's pace is very slow which may cause some impatience but I think Nichols was right to take his time, leaving us as off balance as Shannon's character. While the movie received highly favorable reviews when it opened, it still hasn't received its proper due in my opinion and should be more well known. Shannon and Chastain, no surprise, do top notch work here. The film's ambiguous ending is as unsettling a cinematic image as I've seen. Nichols leaves it up to us to figure out. With Shea Whigham, Lisa Gay Hamilton and Kathy Baker as Shannon's mentally ill mother.