Room

Brie Larson as Joy Newsome is not bad and Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome is the crackerjack. Right from the beginning, there'll be only one thought circulating in your mind: Why are they dwelling in a squalid shed called Room? What happened? You're anchored from then on.

As the film takes place inside four walls, it makes one feel stuck. Where and when will the proceedings move further is what we constantly wonder about. But, this is the only way the story could be told plus this is the only way the filmmakers can place us inside the headspace of the characters - closed and claustrophobic, therefore, it is both a positive and negative. After the escapade, one does not know where the story's heading. You're lost, just like the characters. Again, this could be a positive or negative, depending on the filmmakers' intentions of actually wanting the audience to feel this way or not.

One would love to know how Joy was abducted in the first place. This would have been an advantageous component to the story. Joy's conflicts are incomprehensible too, since one could not relate to her one-in-a-million-person's situation. But what emotionally works is the kid. The way he begins adapting to the real world, viewing the 'Outer Space' through his eyes yet not having the cognizance of what the Room actually was, is stirring.