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The Visitor

The Visitor

Crime · Drama · Music · 2008

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Movie details

The Visitor

“Connection is everything.”

2008 Crime · Drama · Music 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

45.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

89 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

79 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Visitor?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tom McCarthy

Written by

Tom McCarthy

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Prof. Walter Vale

Haaz Sleiman

Haaz Sleiman

Tarek Khalil

Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

Zainab

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

Mouna Khalil

Marian Seldes

Marian Seldes

Barbara

Maggie Moore

Maggie Moore

Karen

Michael Cumpsty

Michael Cumpsty

Charles

Court is in session

Put The Visitor on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.