Everything seemed rosie until he hit his teenage years when something clearly wasn’t right with the young man, resulting in him getting expelled from school. We learn how Stephen’s biological mother died when he was young, which affected him, but also sought him to have a closer bond between himself and his step-mother, having lost his own. In this film, Naomi Watts plays stepmother to Stephen after marrying his father Richard when Stephen was 5 years old. Playing on the idea of family and troubles we have with our kids, SHUT IN takes a closer look at how relationships can become strained between youngsters and their guardians, whether they’re blood parents or otherwise. Fearing Tom is dead and she’s being haunted by his ghost, Mary is reaching breaking point but could the little boy still be alive? With the town experiencing a snowstorm, Mary worries for Tom’s safety in the harsh weather and experiences visions of the little boy wandering around the house. Meanwhile, Tom, a young patient of hers, goes missing after paying her an impromptu visit during the night. Having to also cope with the grief of losing her husband, she also struggles to see the boy she once knew as her son in the body she now feeds, cleans and clothes. Having cared for her son alone for 6 months, she takes the decision to have him moved into a care home as she struggles to juggle both his needs and that of the children she sees in her profession.

Six months later, we see the mother, child psychologist Mary Portman, caring for her paralysed son following her husbands death. Whilst the father is driving the son to his destination, the two argue causing the car to skid in front of a lorry. Starring: Charlie Heaton, David Cubitt, Jacob Tremblay, Naomi Watts, Oliver PlattĪ couple decide to send their son away following his expulsion from school.

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