The Visitor
In a multiplex full of crappy Hollywood blockbusters, The Visitor is an unusual find. It may not be a great film (I’m being generous giving it 4 stars), but it’s a nice quiet night at the movies. It’s a simple story of a professor sleepwalking through his humdrum life until he finds some people living in his usually-vacant New York apartment. He becomes friends with them, and that’s all you need to know. It’s a story about finding friendship in the most unlikely places. There’s no flash or glitter or contrived twists and turns. It’s just a story about life, and it’s a good one.
Don’t read any reviews or watch any on-line trailers. They give away too much.
Tags: Danai Gurira, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass, Richard Jenkins, Thomas McCarthy