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Intruder, The

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Intruder, The reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Claire Denis
Jean-Pol Fargeau
Jean-Luc Nancy (novel)

Directed by: Claire Denis

Release Date:
Theatrical: December 23, 2005
DVD: April 25, 2006

Running Time: 130 minutes, Color

Origin: France

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou, Florence Loiret, Lolita Chammah, Alex Descas, and Dong-ho Kim

A mysterious and enthralling story about fresh starts and the possibility of escape, both a tale of inner and outer traveling. The film follows the global travels of an enigmatic 68-year-old man (Subor) who goes looking for a long-lost son and a new organ to replace his ailing heart. (Wellspring)

What The Critics Said

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100

Village Voice Dennis Lim

The Intruder, is a decisive breakthrough--her (Claire Denis) most poetic and primal film to date, as thrilling as it is initially baffling.

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100

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Enigmatic as it is, The Intruder dares us to see movies as visual marvels tethered to humanity.

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100

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

For Denis’ film - which may be her most intricately constructed and intensely beautiful to date - is one that transcends words and stories, a movie to be felt rather than rationalized.

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100

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Never has Denis demanded so much from audiences as with this shimmering enigma, at once intimate and epic, but it's worth the effort and then some.

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100

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

The texture and intensity of the odyssey makes it spellbinding.

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88

TV Guide Ken Fox

The film is surprisingly satisfying and meaningful.

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80

The New York Times Stephen Holden

The best way to enjoy The Intruder is to surrender to its poetry without demanding cut-and-dried explanations.

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80

Variety Jay Weissberg

A beautiful, complex work that challenges viewers to mentally sift interior and exterior journeys.

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80

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

Exhilarating and exhausting, the kind of picture you don't bounce back from immediately. Yet its elusiveness is the very source of its poetic energy.

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75

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The title might as well refer to the viewer who tags along on Louis' often-silent journey from solitude to some tentative form of family. Some will consider the experience insurmountably frustrating; others will find it exhilarating.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

One of the most visually sumptuous movies you will see this year.

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63

New York Post V.A. Musetto

So, should you see The Intruder? Yes -- but only if you're willing to ignore bothersome concerns about narrative and let the poetic images take over your mind.

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30

The Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett

Surrealism is one thing, but The Intruder appears so ill defined and random that it ends up looking simply inept.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Carlos I. gave it a1:
This is the second worst international film I have ever seen. The worst one was "Tequila 5" Incredibly erratic and baffling plot. Continuity errors in many scenes, lack of logic with unexplained disjointed violent scenes. This is one of those movies that "enligthened" snobs will advertise as poetic or surrealist, but I just see that the Emperor has no clothes.

Wm gave it a9:
If you crave any sort of narrative thread, certainty, or literal message this film wil probably annoy you. If, instead, you surrender to Denis' fascinating storytelling, allow the gorgeous cinematography to saturate you and cherish the gaps in understanding that give the film its meaning then you'll emerge from viewing this as one does after falling fully clothed into a river with an erratic and often powerful current: grateful, disturbed and breathless. Life, like "The Intruder," isn't Cartesian. Get over it and get with it.

msic gave it an8:
Possibly Denis' most eliptical film, and that's saying something. It's clearly not for everybody. But it's captivating even when it doesn't make conventional "sense." It's more like a death-dream, really. And Agnes Godard's cinematography is succulent as usual. A fine farewell to the late, great Wellspring.

Van C. gave it a9:
No one makes visual poetry better than Claire Denis. This movie has same slow pacing and gorgeous photography as Beau Travail, but with an even more elusive plot and even less dialogue. Give yourself over to it and you'll be rewarded with ecstacy.

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