With its recent arrival onNetflix, many have wondered ifRoomis a true story.

Larson also won multiple other awards for her performance, including a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

Is Room Based Upon Real Life?

Brie Larson in Room

This results in Joy and Jack getting free and Old Nick getting just the opposite, after his arrest.

The movie was recently made available for streaming on Netflix, meaningRoomhas more eyes on it than usual.

ButRooms narrative does, at the very least, have real-world inspiration in the form of the Frtizl case.

Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay as Joy and Jack in Room

Elisabeth Fritzl is an Austrian woman who spent over 20 years locked up and enslaved by her own father.

Ultimately, Fritzl was able to escape through similar circumstances to the ones portrayed inRoom.

Her father faced justice and is serving a life sentence in prison.

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Roomis available to stream on Netflix.

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