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Shelter

Shelter

Drama · 2014

Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

Movie details

Shelter

2014 Drama 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.5 / 10

5.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

48 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

43 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Shelter?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Paul Bettany

Written by

Paul Bettany

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

Hannah

Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie

Tahir

Amy Hargreaves

Amy Hargreaves

Carrie

Bruce Altman

Bruce Altman

Peter

Andrew Polk

Andrew Polk

Dr. Patel

Paul Urcioli

Paul Urcioli

Doctor

Teddy Cañez

Teddy Cañez

Station Officer

Court is in session

Put Shelter on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.