This story focuses on the side of war most movies bypass. Not the before, or the after, but the last days of it. From one side we have three women, one a slave (or soon to be ex-slave) trying to survive and hold on to their land without men. One the other side, we have two men, who are raping and killing their way across the countryside. Different people will see this movie in different ways. For me, this was a tale of how war and devastation changes us. The best examples of this are portrayed by Brit Marling and Sam Worthington (Avatar), who play Augusta and Moses. The former grows strong and independent, the latter has left behind his humanity and is a shell of a man, living only to destroy. Not for everyone, the rest of the cast is underused and the movie never feels fully fleshed out but strong performances make for good viewing, at least once.
Review of The Keeping Room
