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Movie Overview
Cast
Richard Jenkins
Hiam Abbass
Haaz Sleiman
Director
Tom McCarthy
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for brief strong language.
Theatrical Release
Apr 11, 2008 (Limited)
The Visitor (2008)
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OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh
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3.5/5
"not really a film you enjoy, per se. It's more like a feeling you get used to before finally accepting."
Filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron
B
"A polite, gentle drama about friendship and musical expression, "Visitor" dances slowly, but effectively, working its way to the heart."
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
"The movie is grounded in a fundamental difficulty, that Walter's education is achieved by his engagement with this set of brown and black people."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
3/4
"...rife with compelling figures that ultimately sustain the viewer's interest even through a few less-than-subtle moments."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
2/4
"
The Visitor
's allusions to our f----up state-of-affairs feel like gratuitous background noise."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
B+
"A lovely, quietly touching film that approaches a provocative and topical subject with dramatic sensitivity and graceful understatement."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
5/5
"Depicts the way a professor's closed-off heart is opened by music, friendship, and love; one of the most touching and impressive films of the year."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
3/4
"This is a simple story of human drama that provides an incentive to spend a couple of hours in a movie theater during a spring that has not provided many such reasons."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"The performances are very strong and the film is very well-written."
Planet Sick-Boy
Jon Popick
A-
"Character actor Richard Jenkins gives a performance that is at once restrained and speaks volumes, a breakthrough to leading man status after decades of supporting roles."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
3.5/5
"Focused entirely on these people and how the unplanned relationships affect their lives."
UR Chicago Magazine
Mark Dujsik
4/5
"Much more interested in its interpersonal relationships than it is in climbing a soapbox and preaching to the choir."
Cinematical
Scott Weinberg
"This is a small picture that explodes the boundaries of what size really means. Sometimes it's the smallest gesture that makes you feel most alive."
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
9/10
"The film works foremost as the experience of watching Richard Jenkins inhabit his role."
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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