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The Visitor (2008)
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"The central theme of Tom McCarthy’s top-notch film, The Visitor (2008), is a burnt-out, 62-year old professor recovering his appetite for life when he stumbles upon and befriends two illegal immigrants in his New York apartment. Professor Walter Vale’s (Richard Jenkins) slowly coming out of his shell is handled deftly and does not follow a predictable arc. If you think everyone is going to live happily ever after, you don’t know the realism of director and writer Tom McCarthy’s film. The young Syrian drummer, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), is jovial and charming until a misunderstanding on the subway lands him in a detention center facing deportation. And then things get worse and better simultaneously.< "
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"The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for the annual Golden Globes, and the LA Times has all the info. First-read surprises? The Visitor gets a nod for Best Motion Picture Drama while Milk doesn’t; both Robert Downey Jr AND Tom Cruise were nominated for Best Supporting Actor (a category which the Globes don’t break down by genre) for their work in Tropic Thunder; and Happy-Go-Lucky, which has been racking up the critics nods with several Best Actresses for Sally Hawkins, was completely shut out. Take a look at the full list here, and let us know what you’re particularyl happy or sad about. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth "
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"The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for the annual Golden Globes, and the LA Times has all the info. First-read surprises? The Visitor gets a nod for Best Motion Picture Drama while Milk doesn’t; both Robert Downey Jr AND Tom Cruise were nominated for Best Supporting Actor (a category which the Globes don’t break down by genre) for their work in Tropic Thunder; and Happy-Go-Lucky, which has been racking up the critics nods with several Best Actresses for Sally Hawkins, was completely shut out. Take a look at the full list here, and let us know what you’re particularyl happy or sad about. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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"The Visitor strings together unlikely events in the lives of a professor and his visitors. Remarkably sincere and touching, the unimaginable events feel natural. Awkward Connecticut economics professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) has essentially checked out from his job, his personality and his life. Walter is forced by circumstance to return to his abandoned New York City apartment. When he returns he meets Tarek (Haaz Sleiman) and Zainab (Danai Jekesai Gurira), who have taken up unauthorized residence in his apartment. Tarek and Zainab teach Walter to live again, to come out of his shell and remind him how unfair life can be. Writer and director Thomas McCarthy wrote all of the characters in The Visitor with almost contradictory personality attributes which gives them each a complex humanity. McCarthy wrote Walter Vale painfully dull and bumbling but it was Richard Jenkins who also makes Walter charming and heart breaking. In nearly every setting, Jenkins both makes the ... "
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"A very sweet story that Richard Jenkins (Prof. Walter Vale) was just meant to play. The feeling I am left with is altruism in it's purest form, beyond even the backdrop of 9/11 deportation which is somewhat of a political misstep in the film anyway. Vale, despondent from his mundane existence is reinvigorated by discovering an illegal couple living in a NY property of his but not one he frequents. There should be more excitement in economics than this. Vale bonds immediately with the male lead in a mutual love for music. The film is not without its faults: 1. Again, the political landscape falls tired because its been going on for centuries in many countries, 2. The widower theme and a disjointed relationship with a son is never developed at all (this backdrop is a conceit to persuade the audience to feel a certain way going in - I don't like to be persuaded a certain way going in.), 3. Why not have the relationship with the mother and Vale become sexual?But overall its ins ... "
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"Six words-Quiet film about finding your instrument. Megcinema-To never know where you are going is a sweet ride. "
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"If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest their ways and spew out some indiewood movie pitches of our own. As a palette cleanser, we talk to Carson Mell. We formed a crush on him last week watching Wholphin DVD No. 5. His sharp wit and creativity are on display in his short animation, Chonto. filmcouch-65 (Subscri be to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog "
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"If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest their ways and spew out some indiewood movie pitches of our own. As a palette cleanser, we talk to Carson Mell. We formed a crush on him last week watching Wholphin DVD No. 5. His sharp wit and creativity are on display in his short animation, Chonto. filmcouch-65 (Subscri be to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore "
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