Jeremy of The Daily Rotation wrote, "It’s really hard putting your finger on a film like Take Shelter. There are various things in the film that director Jeff Nichols gets right, but he takes too much time building it up to a payoff that can go one of two ways. Everything about the film is really strong and stable, but the lacking story holds it down from being a great film. It had all of the ingredients for being a great film like Oscar caliber performers Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, but it doesn’t have the right recipe to mix everything together, resulting in a good film that might not be worth the trip to the theater."
Chillopedia: From time to time, disaster movies have shown their monetary potential by rocking the box office. They are also one of the most popular themes for directors to make movies on. That is probably because of the vastness of nature, and how little control man has over it. If there is anything we can be certain about Mother Nature, it is that it is extremely uncertain.
Clickonline writes: "After just three films, 34 year old American filmmaker Jeff Nichols has made his mark as a talent to watch. With his latest feature Mud in cinemas this week, we’re taking a look back at his career so far."
CPC:
It’s not the rare occurrence when I disagree with the film critic community. This isn’t done out of spite or anything like that. Rather, it stems from a lack of tolerance for pretentious “art films” and mundane Oscar-bait on my part. Take Shelter seemed it wasn’t going to be one of those cases, however. Thrillers are in my wheelhouse. Trailers for the movie seemed full of intrigue and plenty of mind-fucks. I was grossly mistaken, though, as Take Shelter proved to be anything but intriguing.
Got this movie on Blu ray and watched it a few nights ago and thought it was great
