Room Without a View

Room Without a Viewby Alison HallettRoom begins with a ripped-from-the-
tabloids premise and then systematically rejects every bit of conventional wisdom regarding how that premise might unfold. The headlines write themselves: "Shed Boy's Daring Escape," perhaps, or "Captive Teen Mom Risks Everything to Save Rape Baby."These headlines are accurate, technically: Room is about a boy who is born in the garden shed where his mother, "Ma" (Brie Larson), has been kept captive for seven years, ever sin