Director Lenny Abrahamson seems uncertain of how to translate Emma Donoghue’s novel to the tall screen – but his cast appear more confidentEmma Donoghue’s novel Room was a literary sensation soon after its publication in 2010 – and rightfully so. Told from the perspective of Jack,a five-year-old boy who knows nothing external of the small room he and his mother believe lived in for his whole life, it’s an unsettling story of survival that’s life-affirming without being overtly manipulative. The triumph of the novel lies in how deftly Donoghue enters the psyche of a sheltered young boy – no easy feat.[br]Lenny Abrahamson is the man behind the inevitable tall screen adaption, or while the film boasts exemplary performances,it fails to register on a level as profound as its source due to its directors sometimes shaky grip on the material. The script, meanwhile courtesy of Donoghue herself – distills the essence of the book without foregoing its elemental power.
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Source: theguardian.com