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 Rating:  - Excellent Indy FilmI wasn't quite sure what to expect, but I was intrigued by the preview. After renting and watching "The Visitor," I immediately purchased it. I loved it! Be sure to check out the special features as well. Great soundtrack! Rating: - Small Movie with a Big HeartThis is one of those small movies that gives you that feel good feeling. Richard Jenkins is a man that stumbles onto some immigrants that change his life. This is a film that will definitely make you feel good. Rating: - Finding one's purpose in lifeJaded university professor moves through his life like a shadow. He goes to work, grades student papers, spends endless hours in meaningless administrative meetings. At home he lives a lonely life eating his dinner alone and spending time taking piano lessons. One day, on his way to the academic conference in NYC, he discovers in his NYC appartment a young immigrant couple. They have "rented" his appartment not realizing that they were scammed. Young man is a musician from Syria and his Senegali girlfriend is an artist making jewelry and selling it on the streets of NYC. Unexpectedly, the friendship develops that leads to the tragic set of events. I do not wish to disclose more, you should really see the movie without me giving up a plot. But the most important part of the film is that at the end of it all, this middle aged professor at the leave of absence, learns how to play an african drum and does so in the NYC subway station. The instrument is his meditation on life, loss and grief and hope found in the unexpected places and amongst unexpected people. We can all find our purpose no matter how big or small, in this world - it is only a matter of chance. Rating: - A good art house movie, but not for repeated viewingThere are two kinds of good movies: the kind you want to watch multiple times, and the kind that you will be glad that you saw once. For me, this is the latter type. The movie functions in two ways. First, it is a political statement about immigration policy. The main plot of the movie involves a good person who is well-integrated into American society after having lived here for many years. However, his family over-stayed a visa without responding to a legal notice many years earlier. Moreover, he is Middle Eastern, which introduces a variety of modern political issues. He is detained by the police by mistake, arrested and deported to a country he hasn't seen since he was a child, and where he knows nobody. If you support open borders, you will cheer the criticism of a Kafkaesque legal system that makes a mockery of the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. If you support restrictive immigration policy, you will be offended by a sympathetic portrayal of someone who is actually a criminal. However, the film works on another level as well. While the story centers around immigration policy, it is told from the perspective of an Economics professor whose life becomes entangled with the deported Middle Easterner. More than anything, the movie is a character study of that professor, who goes convincingly from being a rather pathetic and self-involved person to someone who actually starts to care about other people and finds some joy in his own life through African drumming. Yes, ... Read More Rating:  - Finding friends in unlikely places.I was eager to see this movie. It was written and directed by the man who both wrote and directed a movie that I really enjoy: The Station Agent. Both movies feature a theme of a solitary man finding friends in the least likely of circumstances. Richard Jenkins plays the protagonist in The Visitor and, while it is not the most dynamic role, he was great. It was not his performance, however, that should get you to see this movie. Haaz Sleiman may be a one-hit wonder, but I hope not. He is Tarek, the illegal immigrant that Jenkins's character finds living in his apartment in New York City. He is tremendously charismatic. This is not the fastest-paced movie. Please be patient, this movie is worth your time. Browse for similar items by category: |
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