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The Intruder
Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  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. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    100
    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.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Dennis Lim
    100
    The Intruder, is a decisive breakthrough--her (Claire Denis) most poetic and primal film to date, as thrilling as it is initially baffling.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    100
    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.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    The film is surprisingly satisfying and meaningful.
  7. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    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.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    80
    The best way to enjoy The Intruder is to surrender to its poetry without demanding cut-and-dried explanations.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jay Weissberg
    80
    A beautiful, complex work that challenges viewers to mentally sift interior and exterior journeys.
  10. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    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.
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    One of the most visually sumptuous movies you will see this year.
  12. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    63
    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.
  13. 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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5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. 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.… Full Review »
  2. 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.… Full Review »
  3. msic
    8
    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.… Full Review »
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