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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013138000897
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, HiFi Sound, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: ANCHOR BAY
Manufacturer: ANCHOR BAY
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: ANCHOR BAY
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 293
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Hailed as 'one of the year's most intriguing dramas' (Claudia Puig, USA TODAY), The Visitor stars Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) in a perfect performance (Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) as Walter, a disaffected college professor who has been drifting aimlessly through his life. When, in a chance encounter on a trip into New York, Walter discovers a couple has taken up residence in his apartment in the city, he develops an unexpected and profound connection to them that will change his life forever. As challenges arise for his tenants, Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friends, and rediscovers a passion he thought he had lost long ago. The year's first genuine must-see film' (Ann Hornaday, THE WASHINGTON POST) about rediscovering life's rhythms in the most unexpected places
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A deeply moving drama built around longtime character actor Richard Jenkins, The Visitor is a simmering drama about a college professor and recent widower, Walter Vale (Jenkins), who discovers a pair of homeless, illegal aliens living in his New York apartment. After the mix-up is resolved, Vale invites the couple--a young, Syrian musician named Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and his Senegalese girlfriend (Danai Gurira--to stay with him. An unlikely friendship develops between the retiring, quiet Vale and the vital Tarek, and the former begins to loosen up and respond to Tarek’s drumming lessons as if something in him waiting to be liberated has finally arrived. All goes well until Tarek is hauled in by immigration authorities and threatened with deportation. His mother, Mouna (Hiam Abbass), turns up and stays with Vale, sparking a renewed if subdued interest in courtship. But the wheels of injustice in immigration crush all manner of hopes in post-9/11 America. Vale soon realizes his unexpected capacity for anger over Tarek’s plight, and the positive changes to his personal life that emerged from a deep involvement with his friend and Mouna, might be the only legacy he takes from this experience. Writer-director Thomas McCarthy has created a wonderfully measured story about change and renewal, and put it all on the shoulders of Jenkins, a largely unheralded but masterful performer whose time for renown has surely come. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  -
I play djembe drums and have studied classical cello so I was all primed to like this movie. What a letdown. The screenplay was so flimsy and lacking in originality, made some rookie mistakes, no amount of good acting can fix that. First of all, this is essentially a story about characters who all seem to like each other and agree with each other all the time. That's great for real life, but makes for a boring story. The characters lack any real complexity. The hero is the uptight white guy who needs ... Read More
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I absolutely liked THE VISITOR.
The lead actor, Richard Jenkins, does a great job, playing it low key, yet very believable and powerful. I love honesty in actors.
Director Tom McCarthy gives us a touching and thoughtful experience.
Moviemaking and the experience of movie watching is becoming more internationally intertwined. Cutting away from formula.
And we'll all benefit from it.
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THE VISITOR made a strong impression on me.
I loved the "Buddy Picture" aspect of the film.
The direction by Tom McCarthy is honest, sensitive and very smart.
Richard Jenkins gives a very subtle and moving performance. It is realy great to see actors delivering these kinds of performances and to allow the story to tell the story!
The same goes for the intelligent performance by Hiam Abbass, who is compelling to watch.
Hazz Sleiman is ... Read More
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A very good film about a college professor (played wonderfully by Richard Jenkins), who is going through the motions, particularly after the death of his wife. He awakens to life, when he establishes a relationship with three illegal immigrants from Syria and Senegal, and helps one who is facing deportation. Excellent performances by all the actors, and a sensitive, well written script by Thomas McCarthy (who also directed). The DVD has a good extra, with interviews with McCarthy and the main actors.
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Enter the United States of America legally and then obey the laws of the United States of America and you won't be deported. So I really didn't have empathy for the situation. The acting was terrific. Action slow and sometimes tedious.
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