Jeff Nichols builds his weather-sensitive horror story in waves of tension that crest as if pulled by tempests.

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"Take Shelter" is a weather-sensitive horror story

Are his hallucinations portents of the schizophrenia that runs in his family?

Michael Shannon returns to familiar creepy-dude territory

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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.

EW.com rating: A-

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