Film Review – Shelter

After maintaining a long but uneven career of interesting performances (“Master and Commander”) and painful ones (“Priest,” “Legion), actor Paul Bettany is ready to move behind the camera, finally in control of his own project. “Shelter” is Bettany’s helming debut, and he’s made exactly the type of movie a frustrated thespian would, dreaming up a tale of misery and hopelessness to best underline lead performances from Jennifer Connelly (his real-life wife) and Anthony Mackie. “Shelter” has its heart in the right place, trying to identify the frustration and self-destruction of homelessness and rehabilitation, but its fixation on indulgence chips away at the feature’s lasting message of endurance, mixed with a little tragedy. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com