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Apr 2, 2021 · But the skittish Steve can explain where he’s been, and he has a story to tell about something that happened at another bar in another remote Ontario town: The Oak Room. He even whips out a cardboard coaster from the place to prove he’s been there.
The Oak Room contains a taut, spooky tale that proves southern gothic can flourish in the snowy north. Read Critics Reviews
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- RJ Mitte
- Cody Calahan
- Mystery & Thriller
- 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?
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 ...
Ambitious, suspenseful and truly atmospheric, The Oak Room is a slow-burn masterclass in storytelling. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2020
Cody Calahan's The Oak Room is small, but mighty; a twisty and fascinating film with a classic set up. Paul ( Peter Outerbridge ) owns a little bar in a small, remote town in Canada currently ravaged by a snowstorm.
Apr 2, 2021 · When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence. Mystery. Thriller. Directed By: Cody Calahan. Written By: Peter Genoway.
Jun 26, 2020 · The Oak Room takes a raging Canadian snowstorm and builds an entire mystery around it, scaling back the bells and whistles in favor of rich storytelling to deliver a compelling little thriller.
