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Take Shelter (2011) Michael Shannon returns to familiar creepy-dude territory as a good Midwestern family man racked with a dread that troubles his wife (Jessica Chastain): Are his… R PT120M Drama Jessica Chastain Michael Shannon Sony Pictures Classics
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Take Shelter (2011)

MPAA Rating: R

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Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter | GIMME 'SHELTER' Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter
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GIMME 'SHELTER' Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Limited Release: Sep 30, 2011; Rated: R; Length: 120 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon; Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Michael Shannon returns to familiar creepy-dude territory as a good Midwestern family man racked with a dread that troubles his wife (Jessica Chastain): Are his hallucinations portents of the schizophrenia that runs in his family, metaphors for the terrors of keeping loved ones safe, or signs only he can see of a very real cosmic cataclysm ahead? Writer-director Jeff Nichols builds his elegantly shot, weather-sensitive horror story in waves of tension that crest as if pulled by tempests. A-
Originally posted Sep 28, 2011 Published in issue #1175 Oct 07, 2011 Order article reprints
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Weekend of May 19 Box Office Source: Rentrak Corp.
Rank Title Weekend Gross* Weeks on Chart Cume. Gross* EW Grade
1. $70.6 1 $84.1 A
2.
Iron Man 3
Walt Disney Pictures
$35.2 3 $337.1 A-
3.
The Great Gatsby
Warner Bros.
$23.4 2 $90.2 B-
4.
Pain & Gain
Paramount
$3.1 4 $46.6 B
5.
The Croods
DreamWorks
$2.7 9 $176.7 C+
6.
42
Warner Bros.
$2.7 6 $88.7 B+
7.
Oblivion
Universal
$2.2 5 $85.5 C+
8.
Mud
Lionsgate
$2.2 4 $11.6 B+
9.
Peeples
Lionsgate
$2.1 2 $7.9 C+
10.
The Big Wedding
Lionsgate
$1.1 4 $20.2 B
* in millions