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The Oak Room: Directed by Cody Calahan. With RJ Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen, Nicholas Campbell. A drifter returns to his hometown bar during a snowstorm.
- (2.6K)
- Mystery, Thriller
- Cody Calahan
- 2021-04-02
The Oak Room is a 2020 Canadian thriller film directed by Cody Calahan, produced by Citizen Skull Productions, and starring RJ Mitte, Ari Millen, Martin Roach, Nicholas Campbell, David Ferry and Peter Outerbridge. It is based on Peter Genoway's play of the same name.
- The Oak Room Plot Synopsis
- The Oak Room Ending: Does Michael Kill Paul?
- Who Is Jimmy Thomson?
- Why Would Steve Let Paul Get Killed?
- Do We Get Any Clues About The Ending?
- What Is The Significance of The Snow Storm and Feeling Cold?
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The opening scene of ‘The Oak Room’ frames an empty beer bottle on a bar counter, with two blurry figures fighting in the background, one of them being obviously stronger than the other. The film then moves to a different period in time, and we see Steve walking into the same bar and talking to the bartender, Paul. The men know each other, and it i...
Steve launches into his second story, which describes what happened just before Richard walked into the bar. It is revealed that Michael actually killed The Oak Room’s original bartender and beheaded him, keeping the head in a duffel bag just moments before Richard entered. He also then kills Richard soon after their verbal argument starts. When Pa...
Jimmy Thomson is the person indirectly responsible for all 3 murders in the film, two of which are shown and one of which (Paul’s) is left to our imagination. This is an ironic twist as both the murders shown in the film are a result of Michael mistaking the bartender of The Oak Room to be Paul. Moreover, Paul’s murder, which is Michael’s actual ob...
Apart from Steve being a drifter who doesn’t seem to care too much about other people, we know that he also holds resentment against Paul for his father’s death, which he believes was because of alcohol consumption. Furthermore, Paul has asked Steve to pay back the money he spent on Gordon’s funeral and says that Steve cannot have any of his late f...
‘The Oak Room’ builds tension by raising the malevolence portrayed in each successive story. Starting with Steve’s first story, which ends with a relatively innocent verbal argument, the stories get more disturbing as we hear Michael describe killing a newborn pig as a child and, of course, Steve’s final story, which describes the murders. The risi...
The snowstorm and characters feeling intensely cold is an important motif in the film. In every story narrated in the film, there is a mention of someone feeling cold. In Steve’s story, Richard walks into the bar, freezing. Paul and Michael’s stories feature them feeling cold in their respective narratives. Even Gordon’s hitchhiking story mentions ...
A slow burn mystery thriller about a bartender and a drifter who share stories of murder and betrayal in a snowstorm. Find out who is Jimmy Thomson, why Steve lets Paul get killed, and what happens to Michael in the climax.
Apr 2, 2021 · A neo-noir thriller with a Russian nesting doll structure, featuring three bartenders and their stories in a remote Ontario town. The film is full of swaggering bravado and meta self-awareness, but the characters are bland and the writing is dull.
Jun 17, 2020 · Watch the trailer of THE OAK ROOM, a Canadian thriller film about a drifter who returns to his hometown and tells a dark story in a bar. The film is available on VOD, On Demand and Digital HD.
- 2 min
- 251.7K
- Black Fawn Films
Mar 23, 2021 · During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by ...
- 2 min
- 4K
- TRAILER CITY
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The Oak Room is a thriller film based on a play by Peter Genoway, featuring a drifter who tells a story to a bartender in a snowy bar. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, who praise its storytelling and suspense, but criticize its dialogue and pacing.
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