Take Shelter

A FILM BY Jeff Nichols

A hallucinatory thriller anchored by a deeply resonant sense of unease.

- Justin Chang, Variety

Provocative [and] original.

- Leonard Maltin

Remarkable...A perfect allegory for a panicky time.

- A.O. Scott, The NY Times

Synopsis

A working-class husband and father questions whether his terrifying dreams of an apocalyptic storm signal something real to come or the onset of an inherited mental illness he's feared his whole life. The film stars Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire), Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life), Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire), Katy Mixon (Eastbound & Down), and Kathy Baker (Edward Scissorhands).