Take Shelter

Take Shelter

2011 · 2 hr 0 min · R

Drama, Thriller

Directors

Jeff Nichols

Actors

  • Michael Shannon
  • Jessica Chastain
  • Shea Whigham

Credits: 2

Summary

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.

More about this movie

Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life.