Connection is everything
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes, Maggie Moore |
| Director |
Thomas McCarthy |
| Screenplay | Thomas McCarthy |
| Music | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| Cinematography | Oliver Bokelberg |
| Editing | Tom McArdle |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Groundswell Productions, Next Wednesday Productions, Participant Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Moderate, isolated, not abusive in context |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None, mild expression of anger, emotional outburst |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star It's gentle and thoughtful with a magnificent performance by Richard Jenkins as well as the rest of the cast. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 15 | |
| Cape Times Kirk Honeycutt From isolation to the wonder of friendship | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is a wonderful film, sad, angry, and without a comforting little happy ending. | 18 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli This is a simple story of human drama that provides an incentive to spend a couple of hours in a movie theater during a spring that has not provided many such reasons. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers In The Visitor, Jenkins delivers a master class in acting. Oscar, take note. | 18 | |
| Metacritic.com 29 critics | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 109 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Visitor is a heartfelt, humanistic drama that deftly explores identity, immigration, and other major post-9/11 issues. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 14810 Netizens McCarthy's Small Film Shows Passion Can Be Found in the Most Unexpected Places | 16 | |
Average .. 82% | 16 | |