The Intruder

Name: The Intruder
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 3, 2019
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Alvina August, Caroline Muthoni Muita, Carolyn Anderson, Connor Mackay, Debs Howard

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Screen Gems | Release Date: May 3, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Alvina August, Caroline Muthoni Muita, Carolyn Anderson, Connor Mackay, Debs Howard, Dennis Quaid, Erica Cerra, Joseph Sikora, Kurt Evans, Lee Shorten, Lili Sepe, Meagan Good, Michael Ealy

Summary: When a young married couple (Michael Ealy and Meagan Good) buys their dream house in the Napa Valley, they think they have found the perfect home to take their next steps as a family. But when the strangely attached seller (Dennis Quaid) continues to infiltrate their lives, they begin to suspect that he has hidden motivations beyond a quick sale.

Director: Deon Taylor

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 102 min

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Katie Walsh

May 2, 2019

Directed by Deon Taylor with a cheeky sense of fun and deep knowledge of the genre, The Intruder is the kind of schlocky yet satisfying genre filmmaking that makes you jump and laugh at the same time. Read full review

The Guardian Benjamin Lee

May 2, 2019

The Intruder isn’t bringing much that’s new to the table but what it does, it does well, and there’s something to admire about its stark efficiency, dragging us along with full force, even if we know exactly where we’re going. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

May 1, 2019

The whole thing would be more fun, you start to feel, if Intruder just committed fully to the schlocky midnight-movie glory of it all; let Quaid’s lawn-mowing wingnut swing that ax not just for soft vulnerable body parts, but the stars. Read full review

Carly Lewis

May 2, 2019

To watch Charlie as merely a character in a film is maybe not enough. His overwhelming encroachment on the lives of the Russell family is, however repetitive on screen, a physical embodiment of the agony of knowing something that other people refuse to see, of knowing too much and not being believed. Read full review

Randy Cordova

May 1, 2019

Basically, a lot of things happen; not interesting or believable things, but, hey, there's movement and action. Read full review

Keith Watson

May 2, 2019

The film is ostensibly about the war for the soul of a house, but it couldn’t feel less lived in. Read full review

Richard Roeper

May 2, 2019

The Intruder is next-level dopey. Every single character in this film, including the villain, is irritatingly, maddeningly dumb. Nearly every scene is practically an invitation for the audience to talk back to the screen and ask these people if they’ve lost their minds. Read full review

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KimJace

May 19, 2019

Must see thriller with twist and turns. I swear that can happen to anyone. Amazing to see Tommy. Oh no don't die Tommy.

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Acacia

May 7, 2019

My friends and i thought this was a decent movie! Dennis Quaid plays against type as a totally creepy man who has many secrets and attaches himself to a sweet couple who buy his house. Annie falls in love with this huge home nestled in the woods and sees Charlie (Quaid) as a lonely man whoMy friends and i thought this was a decent movie! Dennis Quaid plays against type as a totally creepy man who has many secrets and attaches himself to a sweet couple who buy his house. Annie falls in love with this huge home nestled in the woods and sees Charlie (Quaid) as a lonely man who has lost his wife and home. She gives him the benefit of the doubt each time he shows up inappropriately. Her husband Scott isn’t so sure about him. Charlie plays an increasingly big part in their lives as he inserts himself into Annie’s heart. But, is he friend or foe? Very good story.… Expand

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qbase

Jul 21, 2019

Για την ταινία The Intruder πραγματικά είναι λίγα τα οποία μπορούμε να αναφέρουμε σαν περιεχόμενο, καθότι συνεχώς να βαδίζει στα ίδια μονοπάτια και δεν καταφέρνει να προσφέρει τίποτα το καινούργιο στο είδος.Για την ταινία The Intruder πραγματικά είναι λίγα τα οποία μπορούμε να αναφέρουμε σαν περιεχόμενο, καθότι συνεχώς να βαδίζει στα ίδια μονοπάτια και δεν καταφέρνει να προσφέρει τίποτα το καινούργιο στο είδος.

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Mathias01

Jul 24, 2019

I like Dennis Quaid in practically every movie he's been in. This one, however, was a waste of his talent. Typical cookie cutter characters with a been there seen that narrative. Perhaps it's my age showing but I find movies being made today to be either terrible, feminist or simply boring.

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Indiefilmlover

May 9, 2019

If you've seen the trailer, you've pretty much seen the movie. This is the kind of by-the-numbers thriller that the major studios typically release in the springtime, when the competition is weak. If there were a few cheap thrills, one might recommend as a guilty pleasure, but there's noIf you've seen the trailer, you've pretty much seen the movie. This is the kind of by-the-numbers thriller that the major studios typically release in the springtime, when the competition is weak. If there were a few cheap thrills, one might recommend as a guilty pleasure, but there's no action or sex on display here, that you can't readily find on basic cable or streaming services. The talents of Michael Early, Meagan Good and Dennis Quaid are largely wasted in this predictable genre picture that lacks subtlety, depth -- and a point.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Dec 22, 2019

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Dennis Quaid's Jack Torrance is useful for understanding a silliness of Kubrick's philosophy: anti-militarist, pacifist, however convinced that bellicism is a masculine characteristic (the sniper woman in "FMJ" would require a separate analysis). A pre-#metoo feminism that(Mauro Lanari)
Dennis Quaid's Jack Torrance is useful for understanding a silliness of Kubrick's philosophy: anti-militarist, pacifist, however convinced that bellicism is a masculine characteristic (the sniper woman in "FMJ" would require a separate analysis). A pre-#metoo feminism that Deon Taylor could have amended with this film, and instead he relaunches the PC by attributing the toxic violence to a straight white man who attacks an innocuous (?) black couple. I would have preferred the parasitic "second chance" of the bad guy with ax, knife and rifle to be shown in its analogy with the lifestyle of the two protagonists.… Expand

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KeithDow

May 4, 2019

The trailer offered nothing original ... and neither did the movie. Despite a fast paced start, good actors and a hip hop soundtrack, the tired story line was filled with silliness and predictable cliches. Superb acting wasted on a cable movie script.

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