This was truly a "hidden gem" that I stumbled across on a list of "Psychological Thrillers" and it checked off pretty much all the boxes. I rarely give a film a "9" (it's rare today to find anything that rates above a "7", honestly) but this movie definitely pushed all the right buttons for me. The title and cover photo make it seem like "just another natural disaster" but this is so different. I was completely into it almost from the opening scene and with only 20 minutes left to go, I was aching to know how it was going to turn out! There was only one name I recognized in the entire cast (LisaGay Hamilton from _The Practice_ ) and she had barely a cameo role; I think she had three lines. But the acting by everyone was good (if not great) and the raw emotions, the psychology, the darkening mood of the entire film, the cinematography, the musical score, everything was spot-on in _Take Shelter_ . So glad I found this one because it was truly a great reprieve from the barrage of stupidity I've subjected myself to recently. Without giving away any details or spoilers, I will say that the special effects that came into play in this film were good but honestly, it was the storyline itself that was the masterpiece here. I don't know that I've ever seen Michael Shannon in anything other than this but he certainly carried his part beautifully. Superb job all the way around. If you haven't seen it and you're looking for something different, watch this while it's available on Hulu.