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Brie Larson has been close to breaking out in practically every one of her films over the past few years. She stunned audiences with her beauty and comedic wit/timing in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, played a small but pivotal role in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut, Don Jon, was a highlight in Miles Teller’s The Spectacular Now, was a scene stealer in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, and cemented herself as one of Hollywood’s most talented actresses in the sorely overlooked Short Term 12.
With Room, however, Larson may just be on the path towards the breakout she was destined to experience back in 2013. Directed by Frank‘s Lenny Abrahamson, Room is a gripping emotional/psychological drama/thriller about a young woman, Ma (Larson), and her five-year-old son, Jack (Jacob Tremblay), escaping from a 10×10 shack they were held captive in. Room is very reminiscent of the Saoirse Ronan-led Stockholm, Pennsylvania, but with notable and important differences. Room is adapted from the novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue.
This could be the performance to put Larson over the top, and I can’t wait to see it happen when Room is released into LA and NY theaters on October 16th with a wide release on November 6th.