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The Intruder
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Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critics What's this?

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5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Summary: 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)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    Enigmatic as it is, The Intruder dares us to see movies as visual marvels tethered to humanity.
  2. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    The texture and intensity of the odyssey makes it spellbinding.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    30
    Surrealism is one thing, but The Intruder appears so ill defined and random that it ends up looking simply inept.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Wm
    9
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. VanC.
    9
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CarlosI.
    1
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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