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      Room

      2005 1h 23m Drama List
      69% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 24% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A Texan (Cyndi Williams) begins a cross-country journey in hope of finding the empty loft she keeps seeing in visions. Read More Read Less

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      J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Gadually it slips into the indie paradigm of an alienated soul rushing into darkness, climaxing with a semiabstract montage sequence that's more rhetorical than dramatic. Jul 28, 2007 Full Review Michael Esposito Chicago Tribune It ... may be the longest 75-minute film in the history of cinema -- there was a clock check 25 minutes in, after thinking 'this has got to be almost over.' Rated: 1/4 Sep 28, 2006 Full Review Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter Expertly moody and foreboding, Room is somewhat less than the sum of its parts, but is nonetheless compelling viewing along the way. Aug 7, 2006 Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Web Radio Defying do not enter, in dead end US culture. Apr 29, 2007 Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena A performance de Williams corajosa e intensa, mas o diretor-roteirista cria um drama existencialista ps-11 de Setembro bobo sobre o constante estado de medo do norte-americano mdio e sua busca desesperada por algum tipo de vlvula de escape. Rated: 2/5 Jan 23, 2007 Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide Henry's film is beautifully shot and extraordinarily well acted by Williams, whose face alone says everything about the plight of working mothers who can no longer make ends meet. Rated: 3/4 Jun 30, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Great suspense throughout punctuated by a somewhat inconclusive and unsatisfying ending. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Why did I watch this? I was half watching while surfing the net and suddenly the movie ended. I had to rewind and still found it ended without really 'ending'.Winner of Sundance and Cannes awards? Why? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member An curious indie art house entry from director Kyle Henry. Featuring a compelling performance from Cyndi Williams as a very stressed working mom from suburban Austin Texas who takes a radical step in her life to obsessively follow through on hallucinatory blackouts she has been experiencing with increased frequency, this oddly intriguing film, despite its many limitations, including some pacing difficulties, for the most part keeps one's attention throughout its hour and a quarter length. Worth a boo, but not likely to warrant repeat viewing, except perhaps for cinematography students intent on making films if their own. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member What a waste of time!... I don't know what I was thinking! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Worst movie I've seen all year. I was very disappointed by this movie and all I could think of was that I wanted the time and money back that I wasted. I can't believe that the Austin Film Society granted Kyle Henry the money to make this "film" that never seemed to go anywhere. Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams were in attendance and they didn't even seem to know what the movie was about during the q & a session. Kyle stated that Americans are often spoonfed the answers in a film that are merely crap. Well I would have like to have been spoonfed some of that crap because at least those movies have a direction, a definitive ending, and leave the audience with something to think about other than that's an hour of my life I'll never get back. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member The thing with experiments is ... sometimes they fail. All that suspense and mystery leads to nowhere worth the trip. At least the acting is high grade. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Texan (Cyndi Williams) begins a cross-country journey in hope of finding the empty loft she keeps seeing in visions.
      Director
      Kyle Henry
      Producer
      John Leisenring
      Screenwriter
      Kyle Henry
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 23m