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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Visitor, The (2008)

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Visitor, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Visitor, The (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.0259
Avg Critic Score:3.1310

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Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein) San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
McCarthy puts a mark on each film, identifying it as distinctly his own. A couple more like them, and he'll be knighted an auteur. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond) Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond)
A wonderful human story, a beautifully directed and acted film of rare grace that just might renew your faith in life- and movies. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.com (Pam Grady) Reel.com (Pam Grady)
[Director Thomas McCarthy] demonstrates a delicate, irresistible touch when it comes to lonely, eccentric characters, but he widens his canvas with a small, resonant story that could be ripped from today's headlines. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Reel.com (Pam Grady)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow) Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
The Visitor is a small film; it's also an incandescent one. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat) Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Depicts the way a professor's closed-off heart is opened by music, friendship, and love; one of the most touching and impressive films of the year. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

Visitor, The (2008) Critic Reviews continued...

Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke) Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
The charms and wonders of the film lie in the performances of the leads, all of whom are better than perfect -- they feel real. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen) Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
As close to a perfect movie as we're likely to see this year. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton) Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
The film works foremost as the experience of watching Richard Jenkins inhabit his role. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman) HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The Visitor is America working out the demons of Sept. 11, 2001. Director Thomas McCarthy brilliantly focuses on characters who love life despite the less savory circumstances surrounding them. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger) SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)
Sophisticated, timely and compelling, it's a quintessential post-9/11 drama. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire) Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Scores by expanding its scope beyond the hot-button issue of illegal immigration to encompass themes of friendship and breaking free of a stifling routine. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson) Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
Awards season may still be many months away, but it's not too early to declare both the filmmaker and Jenkins Oscar-worthy. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
In The Visitor, Jenkins finally gets a starring role, and he makes the most of the opportunity with a brilliantly sustained performance that gives depth, resonance and spiritual transcendence to what starts out to be one of his stock characters. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford) Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Character actor Richard Jenkins gives a performance that is at once restrained and speaks volumes, a breakthrough to leading man status after decades of supporting roles. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald) Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
This gifted writer/director knows how to illuminate those moments in which people realize they have become essential to each other -- that each person's life has been gently changed by the other's presence. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers) Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The Visitor, featuring an award-caliber performance by Richard Jenkins as the prof, is a heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice) Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
The Visitor may not have any big names in its cast, but it certainly makes up for that by having a lot of character. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig) USA Today (Claudia Puig)
All the main characters are inherently decent, and the humanity of their saga, which centers on illegal immigration, makes for a deeply moving film. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler) Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
The real subject here isn’t post-9/11 xenophobia but rather friendship, how it changes us, heals us and how the arbitrary intrusion of outside forces both threatens and strengthens us. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff) San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
(Richard) Jenkins doesn't waste a motion or a word while bestowing on us an introspective acting clinic. They don't call them character actors for nothing. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick) New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Best movie I've seen so far this year? Hands down, it's Tom McCarthy's superb The Visitor, which turns Richard Jenkins, one of the best character actors in the business, into a full-fledged star. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Philip Marchand) Toronto Star (Philip Marchand)
The story of Vale's revitalization and his grief is compelling but simple, free of any sentimentality, and marked by powerful performances from Jenkins and Hiam Abbass, who plays Mouna Khalil, Tarek's mother. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Toronto Star (Philip Marchand)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Richard Jenkins and "The Visitor" make lovely music together. It's a case of a veteran character actor slipping on a leading role like the most comfortable pair of pants in the world. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Brett McCracken) Christianity Today (Brett McCracken)
Thoroughly, refreshingly unique, a film that weaves a tight, timely tale that is equal parts heart-warming and wrenching. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Christianity Today (Brett McCracken)
Visitor, The (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris) Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
This is a film of our times -- paranoid, heartbroken, disillusioned -- and the rare recent American movie whose characters react the way actual people might. ...read the complete Visitor movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
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