g-bodyl The Visitor is a film that is bigger than it was meant to be. It's a film that was bound to touch a number of hearts, including mine. It's a small-budget film with a simple and quite heartfelt story. The movie tackles strong post-9/11 issues such as illegal immigration and the United States ruthless deportation laws. The film also goes a long way to showing that not all foreign people are terrorists and that some are actually decent human beings and that because they are foreign, lots of assumptions and misunderstandings begin to ensue.Thomas McCarthy's film is about a middle-aged man named Walter Vale who has given up on life after his wife passed away. He is a teacher who has been teaching the same class for years and is also a big fan of music. When he goes to New York City for business, he runs into these two people who are somehow living in his apartment. But he strikes a bond with them. When one of the tenants, Tarek is about to be deported: Walter tries all he can to save his new friend.The acting is really good. The only well-known actor here is Richard Jenkins, who finally gets to shine in a leading role. He plays his character to perfection. He makes a transformation from a near unlikable man to a man who has found a will to live again. Another good performance here was from Hiam Abbass as Mouna, Tarek's mother. She delivers a heartfelt performance as the woman who experienced similar issues back in Syria.Overall, The Visitor is an excellent movie that relies upon heavy characterization. The authenticity is remarkable, and it goes to show that not all foreign people are evil monsters. Unfortunately, this is what 9/11 did to the United States. The look of the film is great and I loved the music, especially with the use of the African drums. It's a very small film, but one that deserves to be seen. I rate this film 9/10.

Madame Gina Walter is a professor at university, but lacks the will to do his job and play piano. One day, he goes his apartment and comes across a black couple who lives in his apartment without permission. Walter and a black man, whose name is Tarek get familiar with each other through a musical instrument which Tarek brings, djembe. This film describes the friendship between two men which was built by a musical instrument and the hard and severe life. I like the music played in this film, especially the music played by djembe because they make me feel good. Also I like not the only the scenes Tarek is playing djembe but also Walter is playing because they plays music very happily as they forget the real life. I recommend everyone to watch this film because I think you may be moved by their friendship and you may be relaxed by their music.

Avid Climber The Visitor is a soft low key movie. Contrary to what one might expect after viewing the preview, it is much less confrontational and much more congenial. It is not contrived or forced. The tale really tells itself, flowing naturally from its source.Nice scenario, good ideas, and good acting, with a story, emotions, and dialogs that are very realistic. The unconventional characters were a pleasure to discover, and the end is based on reality not on wishes.I'm not rating it stronger, because it lacks a little bit of strength. It had a positive message, but nothing mind blowing.A very nice movie to discover if you're not looking for action.

tieman64 Sensitive or condescending, depending on your point of view, Thomas McCarthy's "The Visitor" stars Richard Jenkins as a grumpy, white, elderly American who cuts himself off from other human beings and begins to fester in his own morbid isolation.Underlit, obvious and poorly shot, the film then watches as Jenkins connects with a series of ethnic minorities, all of whom are denied the privileges afforded to white power, and all of whom face unfair persecution in the wake of both 9/11 and George Bush's subsequent roll out of liberty-squashing, executive measures. Much of the film watches as Jenkins tentatively dips his toes in foreign cultures, learns to appreciate the simple joys of other human beings and learns to love Islamic immigrants.Jenkins' forced isolation, a kind of self persecution which he applies to himself due to the passing of his wife, is then mirrored to the "actual" isolation/persecution suffered by ethnic minorities at the hands of white power.While the film does well to humanize Palestinians, Syrians and Senegalese, there's something patronizing about framing this tale as a white man's journey. And for all its heavy handed symbolism, it's a simple line of dialogue in the film which touches us the most: "Don't forget about me in here," a Palestinian-Syrian man pleads, as he's locked away in a windowless detention centre. Though he spends his life writing about global conflict, Jenkins, a university professor, has never before come face to face with something so shocking: a vast power with the ability to render anyone invisible.6/10 – Worth one viewing.