2014 · drama
Shelter
Directed by Paul Bettany1h 45m2014
Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
Our read: Shelter (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
Watching Shelter tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Shelter feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want an intimate drama about two damaged strangers finding hope on the streets.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if homelessness, heroin addiction or suicide themes feel too heavy.
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