While newcomers like Sleiman and Gurira are impressive, it's the veterans Abbass (Paradise Now) and Jenkins (온라인카지노추천's Six Feet Under) who deserve the plaudits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2021

The Visitor ... is a generous, humane response to the US government's war on the Middle East and on immigrants in America.

| Feb 13, 2021

Richard Jenkins' acting is phenomenal, even though his role demands that he remove a wide array of emotions from his weathered face.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 28, 2020

...it's been under the radar long enough that now it feels like a lost classic - or a rallying cry...

| Nov 10, 2020

He's a professor of music, the young man is a skilled drummer; the emotional ebb and flow between the two is nuanced, and self-revelatory for those who drink it in.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 3, 2020

Richard Jenkins is a mesmerizing presence in the film.

| Jan 28, 2020

A haunting, gentle film about humanity post-9/11; lonely, confused, and searching for meaning and connection in an increasingly confusing and chaotic world.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 6, 2019

The Visitor, a quiet, touching film about a lonely economics professor's encounter with a Syrian man presents an interesting counterpoint to another movie that tackled the subject of immigration in 2008: Gran Torino.

| Oct 10, 2018

THE VISITOR begs the question, "Is too late to try something new?" If your like the rest of the world, you want the answer to be "Never." THE VISITOR answers that in one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking ways you'll ever see.

| Aug 28, 2013

First with "The Station Agent" and now with "The Visitor" (aka "Muukalainen"), actor-turned-director Tom McCarthy has quickly proven himself a master of the delicately-observed social drama.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 4, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

The Visitor gives Richard Jenkins a chance to develop a character for the whole running time.

| Apr 28, 2011

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Un retrato sutil y sensible sobre la inesperada conexión que se produce entre cuatro personas de diferentes culturas y orígenes, y también una postal algo desencantada y agridulce de la Nueva York posterior al 11/9. Destacable actuación protagónica de Ric

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 30, 2009

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| Original Score: 4/5 | May 14, 2009

Our patience with the characters' apathy and uninteresting demeanor is not rewarded enough.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 2, 2009

An interesting examination of the unusual relationship between a bored college professor and an illegal immigrant. There are some thought-provoking discussions in the film patched periodically with rough spots.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 1, 2009

The astonishing sensitivity with which Richard Jenkins approaches his role is nicely complimented by the performances of other cast members.

Full Review | Original Score: 81/100 | Feb 10, 2009

Its mushy humanism is...insidious.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Feb 5, 2009

The not-so subliminal message about life being fair versus breaking the law isn't enough to carry a film purporting to be a character-driven drama.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Jan 17, 2009