This is How Movies Should Be Made

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I decided to sit down and watch "Shelter" solely because I noticed that Jennifer Connelly was in it, and I had no idea what the movie was about and had not heard about it prior to finding it on Netflix.The story was a rather beautiful and heartfelt story, albeit a somewhat predictable one for sure.What made the movie work was the acting performances by both Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Connelly. Man, was I impressed with the performance that Jennifer Connelly put on in this movie, and I dare say that this was actually one of her best performances in a long time easily matching the performance of "Requiem for a Dream"."Shelter" is definitely well worth taking the time and effort to sit down and watch. And I will say that it actually does shed some light onto a world that I assume most of us just walk straight past without even throwing a second glance. So a big thumbs up to director and writer Paul Bettany for his achievement with this movie.If you haven't already seen "Shelter", then I can only strongly recommend that you take the time to do so, if you have the chance. Because this is definitely a movie that will stick with you.

For one time, there is an American movie dealing with hobos, Muslim faith so about the invisible, the forgotten ones, the unloved so i can't blame it for that. However having the courage and heart to speak about those issues and fellows should not excuse the big nonsense and the lack to talent! Sadly this movie is filled with that ! As a typical American production, the first scene is about reading for a big, lost minute the logos of all producers in black and white ! Then, when the movies really begins, it's a repeat but this time with the names repeated in the frames ! For sure, nobody will tell that it's useless, irritating, that we don't give a s..t about them and that's maybe inappropriate with the content of the movie ! Next, as a typical American production, the cinematography is just awful : again this dreadful orange / blue filtering that makes people highly tanned in daylight and smurfs by night ! Once again, nobody to tell that movies looked better years ago, that the real world is also green, red, white. Jenny has a long career and should realize that her early movies had a more vivid, colored look than this actual poor two colors ! Next, I expected the story to tell the painful, atrocious lives of hobos but instead the movie manages to tell us about the life of privileged ones ! Having Jenny and her boyfriend crash a luxurious penthouse and benefit with this cool place is just dumb ! When they are in the streets, the story is pitiful : drugs, asthma, snow storm, sexual advances, accidents… well, it's too much, not very real, adding useless drama to already dramatic lives… The directing is stupid : we can see syringes but not inter-courses ! So it's like some events are too hard to show while it's the point of making such movies ! In addition, instead of giving it without make-up, fresh, clear and true in documentary style, the choice is to embellish with useless and stupid pathos : long scenes without dialogues, characters thinking or sinking and little tearful music ! For sure, the ending credits with the dedication caption to the homeless couple in front of his building is stupid because you really wonder what he did with them to have such a poor inspiration ! And he took us for idiots as his (my) building is surely Jenny's (our) building as well!So what's left is a courageous Jenny who is faithful to her challenging choices and who stunned me with her cute, perfect fluency in french, some good dialogues about faith but at the end, you would prefer Needle Park with Pacino for a better, documented, gripping tale of urban desolation !

Bettany doesn't pull any punches with this film, so don't expect some feel-good love story, and expect to feel really good about yourself when the final credits roll. This is a really nice piece of work, that speaks to how people end-up on the street, and why they stay; even if they decide to leave.This piece is intended to make you re-think your views on homeless street people, and in my book does a really nice job. The film doesn't try to place the blame on anyone, which I really think brings the authenticity through.I personally have not seen another motion picture that brought such resolution in my mind about street addicts; why they do it, how they got there, and what really our their choices once they partake.

A love story of to homeless people... living on the streets of new york what the have is nothing except a past that most of us never even think can be happen to people this movie show us the world of the homeless people you think you know how homeless people live there life but you can't feel there pain how they safer every single day you don't know how its feels sleeping on the heard cold streets how its feels to begging others for food and money with weak empty hands...the movie will start by showing Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie characters and including the world of homeless people after that the both characters will fall in love by some reason in the second half they will unveil the past of both the characters and then the story will take twists and turns there will be emotions there will b love hate care under no shelter..... in the end they will learn ho much they love each other they need each other... be proud what you got and always cares for others if every one of us will care for each other then you don't have to be worry about your...sorry for the bad English..