The Tenants (2006) Critic Reviews
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Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
There's something endearingly bookish about a movie whose single most frightening shot involves the possibility of an ax being taken to a typewriter.Read the full review
Variety | Ronnie ScheibAdd Critic to Favorites
Keeps grimly glued to its one-note premise, relieved by nary a glimmer of humor, surprise or personality.Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
The message about race relations in America conveyed by The Tenants, a small, serious, but choppy and psychologically cauterized screen adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1971 novel, is dire.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites
Alternately tedious and bombastic, the film never achieves a consistent tone, and the characters and situations, while seemingly played on a realistic level, are neither remotely credible nor satisfyingly surreal.Read the full review
