Take Shelter
Screened in October 2011

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Director: Jeff Nichols. Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Robert Longstreet, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Katy Mixon, Ron Kennard, Jeffrey Grover. Screenplay: Jeff Nichols.

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Twitter Capsule: I See Heavy Weather. Savvy casting and acting down the line, strong hold on milieu, but story idles, then collapses.

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Photo © 2011 Sony Pictures Classics

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–

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Awards:
	Cannes Film Festival: Grand Prize (Critics' Week)
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Best Supporting Actress (Chastain; also cited for The Help and The Tree of Life)
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supporting Actress (Chastain; also cited for Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life)
	National Society of Film Critics: Best Supporting Actress (Chastain; also cited for The Help and The Tree of Life)

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