The Visitor (2008)
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- Synopsis
- A lonesome widower and college economics professor finds his mundane existence suddenly shaken up when he befriends a pair of illegal immigrants, one of whom has recently been threatened with deportation by U.S....
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- Starring
- Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Marian Seldes
- Director(s)
- Thomas McCarthy
- Distributor(s)
- Overture Films
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 103 min.
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Critic Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites
The Visitor, is, if anything, more imaginative and touching than his first.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
The curious thing about The Visitor is that even as it goes more or less where you think it will, it still manages to surprise you along the way.Read the full review
USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites
It is one of the year's most intriguing dramas, with a quartet of powerful performances.Read the full review
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