Synopsis
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
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Cast
- Richard JenkinsProf. Walter Vale
- Haaz SleimanTarek Khalil
- Danai GuriraZainab
- Hiam AbbassMouna Khalil
- Marian SeldesBarbara
- Maggie MooreKaren
- Richard KindJacob
- Michael CumpstyCharles
- Bill McHenryDarin
- Tzahi MoskovitzZev
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
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. - 88
Rolling Stone
A heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you. - 88
TV Guide Magazine
McCarthy's flawless casting may be the film's greatest strength: Veteran character actor Jenkins and his costars vanish into their characters -- their performances are so subtle and unforced that they don't feel like performances at all. - 88
USA Today
It is one of the year's most intriguing dramas, with a quartet of powerful performances. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
This audaciously issues-loaded indie drama works, improbably and entirely, on account of the marvelous, often familiar-looking, rarely starring character actor Richard Jenkins and his perfect performance as a stodgy, widowed economics professor. - 83
The A.V. Club
Like few of his filmmaking peers, McCarthy understands and respects the power of quiet, and how a whisper can be as explosive as a shout. - 80
Variety
A combination immigrant/resurrection tale, Visitor tilts toward the soulful rather than the political, and could be this year's humanistic indie hit. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A compelling and illuminating story of four people who form an unlikely and momentary friendship of considerable depth.
