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The Visitor
The Visitor
7.3
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1,292 Ratings

THE VISITOR

Directed by Tom McCarthy
United States, 2007
Drama

Synopsis

Professor Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a lecture, Walter is surprised to find illegal immigrants Tarek and Zainab living in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam with nowhere else to go, Walter reluctantly allows them to stay.

Synopsis

Professor Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a lecture, Walter is surprised to find illegal immigrants Tarek and Zainab living in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam with nowhere else to go, Walter reluctantly allows them to stay.

Our take

Character actor Richard Jenkins takes center stage in this compelling character study: charting the awakening of a withdrawn and inchoate man upon his arrival to diverse, multicultural Manhattan. From Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), an understated yet profound profile of immigration in post-9/11 America.