Take Shelter (2011) movie poster

Take Shelter (2011)

"Far away from the cruel world."
ThumbScore
👍 74%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 88%
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Director
Jeff Nichols
Runtime
2h
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (1,946 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
85

Cast

Michael Shannon as Curtis LaForche · 69% avg
Jessica Chastain as Samantha LaForche · 70% avg
Shea Whigham as Dewart · 67% avg
Tova Stewart as Hannah LaForche
Katy Mixon as Nat · 69% avg
Robert Longstreet as Jim · 63% avg
Ray McKinnon as Kyle · 73% avg
Kathy Baker as Sarah · 73% avg

Is Take Shelter good?

Most people think so. 74% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 88%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#1012 / 2223 · Thriller
Rank in its year
#109 / 241 · 2011
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 5 · Jeff Nichols

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 28,228💬 1,371 comments
Adam Driver to Star in ‘Yankee Comandante’ - Directed by Jeff Nichols ('Mud', 'Take Shelter', 'Midnight Special') - About two people who rose to the rank of comandante during the Cuban Revolution. One was Che Guevara. The other was a man from Ohio.
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Top comment: "Clearly Michael Shannon is playing Che Guevara."
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⬆ 5,701💬 277 comments
Michael Shannon's Psychological-Thriller 'Take Shelter' Perfectly & Accurately Showcases Existential Dread, Anxiety, and Economic Hardship - In Just His Sophomore Feature, Writer-Director Jeff Nichols Created One of the Most Complex Films of the Decade
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Top comment: "God I love this movie"
r/movies
⬆ 4,154💬 269 comments
First Poster for Post-Apocalyptic Zombie-Thriller 'This Is Not A Test' - Five students take shelter in their high school during a zombie outbreak.
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Top comment: "Sounds like the South Korean movie “All of Us Are Dead” that I watched on Netflix."
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