The Visitor
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79 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings

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  • Starring: Danai Gurira, Haaz Sleiman, Richard Jenkins
  • Summary: In a world of 6 billion people, it takes only one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award-winning directorial debut "The Station Agent," we get to know Walter Vale, a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City. Through newfound connections with virtual strangers, Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life. (Overture Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    The Visitor, is, if anything, more imaginative and touching than his first.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    As a writer-director, McCarthy, like the characters and the places that he suffuses with emotion, has poetry in him - and he knows how to let it out. He has a talent for demarcating those spaces in which characters can become whoever they want to be.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    80
    A compelling and illuminating story of four people who form an unlikely and momentary friendship of considerable depth.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Both director and cast exhibit the dedication of those who truly believe in the message at hand. But with so much earnestness onscreen, the message occasionally gets in the way of the movie itself.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. UzK
    10
    Very touching. Loved the emotions exemplified in this film.
  2. Compi24
    8
    An excellently structured, skillfully acted drama that effectively weaves sincere, relevant, and affecting thematic elements throughout its very unique story.… Expand
  3. ERG1008
    7
    Ageing widowed professor, goes to New York conference, immigrants living in his flat, makes friends, learns how to drum, male immigrant gets caught, mother turns up.
    Slow-paced but enjoyable film which I did think in parts was like Lost in Translation where not much happens but the characters build up.
    Well acted, nice music & a film with it's heart is in the right place.    … Expand
  4. PatA
    4
    Pure, unadulterated, leftist crap. You know the type...soft music while the poor, trampled-on protagonist goes about his business fighting against the man. Great if you want to show your softer side to a girl to get her to sleep with you that night, but otherwise you'll be sticking your finger down your throat by the end of the movie.… Expand

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