The Visitor
Reactions
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“Jenkins is like that: He sneaks up on you and steals your heart with light-fingered skill.”
Carrie Rickey | The Philadelphia Inquirer
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“It's about interesting people worth caring about, and it's a feel-good movie despite ... the fact that it's not all tied up in a neat bow.”
Teresa Budasi | Universal Press Syndicate
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“The Visitor is a small movie, but its emotions could not be writ any larger.”
Rene Rodriguez | The Miami Herald
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“The Visitor is definitely a film that marches to its own drumbeat.”
Marjorie Baumgarten | The Austin Chronicle
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“There isn't a cliched or unfelt moment in The Visitor.”
Michael Sragow | Baltimore Sun
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“The Visitor exercises restraint without sacrificing emotion. It's a little movie about a big issue, done with skill and care.”
Barbara Vancheri | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“The Visitor, with impressive grace and understatement, resist[s] potential triteness and phony uplift ... Jenkins manages at once to deflect and to earn the audience's sympathy, and to convey a transformation brought about by a shy, unselfish engagement with other people.”
A.O. Scott | The New York Times
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“It is one of the year's most intriguing dramas, with a quartet of powerful performances.”
Claudia Puig | USA Today
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“Best movie I've seen so far this year? Hands down, it's Tom McCarthy's superb The Visitor”
Lou Lumenick | New York Post
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“Eloquent and unassuming, it's a picture that hits home precisely because it doesn't overreach its grasp.”
Stephanie Zacharek | Salon.com
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“Heartfelt and heartening drama”
Joe Morgenstern | The Wall Street Journal
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“An unassuming but quietly heartbreaking drama about the unexpected bonds that can form in a city like New York. ”
Carina Chocano | Los Angeles Times
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“ The Visitor ... is a heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you ... Oscar, take note.”
Peter Travers | Rolling Stone
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“The Visitor offers equally rich and full-blooded characters ... The music and atmosphere are vibrant, infectious to the point where you wish you could join in yourself. ”
David Germain | The Associated Press
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“It's the music that makes this one special. ”
Bob Mondello | NPR
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“Easily among the best films of the year. ”
Jeffrey Wells | Hollywood Elsewhere
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“...Boasting superlative performances from all and masterfully simple direction.”
Wade Major | LA City Beat
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“A marvelous film, small in expense but big in stature.”
Rex Reed | The New York Observer
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"This audaciously issues-loaded indie drama works ... on account of the marvelous, often familiar-looking, rarely starring character actor Richard Jenkins."
Lisa Schwarzbaum | Entertainment Weekly
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“Nothing short of a triumph for 60-year-old character actor Richard Jenkins.”
Andrew Sarris | The New York Observer
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“A marvelous film, small in expense but big in stature.”
Rex Reed | The New York Observer
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“Some films click from the moment they’re cast, and that is certainly the case with The Visitor…”
John Anderson | Variety
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“Tom McCarthy demonstrates that the critical acclaim for The Station Agent in 2003 was no fluke.”
Kirk Honeycutt | The Hollywood Reporter
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“A damn fine film with a good heart and some really excellent performances.”
Scott Weinberg | Cinematical