The Visitor (2007/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Thomas McCarthy

Guionista:

Thomas McCarthy (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 abril 2008 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Música | Romance

Frase comercial:

Connection is everything

Plot:

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

Plot Keywords:

New York City | College | Professor | Apartment | Illegal Immigrant

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 11 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

I don't mean to be the only voice of cynicism but . . .

Reparto

Richard Jenkins	...	Prof. Walter Vale
Haaz Sleiman	...	Tarek Khalil
Danai Jekesai Gurira	...	Zainab (as Danai Gurira)
Hiam Abbass	...	Mouna Khalil
Marian Seldes	...	Barbara
Maggie Moore	...	Karen
Michael Cumpsty	...	Charles
Bill McHenry	...	Darin
Richard Kind	...	Jacob
Tzahi Moskovitz	...	Zev
Amir Arison	...	Mr. Shah
Neal Lerner	...	Martin Revere
Ramon Fernandez	...	Cop #1
Frank Pando	...	Cop #2
Waleed Zuaiter	...	Omar

También conocida como:

El visitante (Spain) [es]
Visita inesperada (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Duración:

104 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Arabe | Ruso

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Canada:PG | USA:PG-13 | UK:15 | Ireland:PG | Australia:M | Sweden:Btl | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:Todo

Locaciones de Filmación:

New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Groundswell Productions

Trivialidades:

The parking lot in which Walter parks his car after arriving in New York--on East 11th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue--was torn down shortly after the film was released.

Errores:

Errores Reales: In New York airport, the flight was announced as "flight to Syria", although it should actually name the airport (Damascus), not the country. But more importantly, there is no direct non-stop flight from New York to Syria.

Citas:

Mouna Khalil: This feels like Syria.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Salsera

I don't mean to be the only voice of cynicism but . . .

I loved THE STATION AGENT, I mean that is a fantastic, tight little movie. Thoughtful, paced well, bitter-sweet, colorful characters and a real story.

THE VISITOR was a movie I was prepared to love, but its not that great. In fact, I would venture to say its a little preachy. There are moments in which the characters are living the moment, and then they will break out some stale monologue that doesn't quite match the organic dialogue its spoiling.

Even though I am all for loosening immigration laws, and accepting interracial relationships, I just didn't feel like I needed the pan up to the American flag, or the 'How is this different than Syria' or the 'He didn't do anything wrong' Why Why Why Why Why . . . we got it covered, oh-the-injustice. Do we have to continually remind the audiences that our country is flawed and xenophobic? I noticed a similar heavy-handedness in STOP-LOSS with an equally talented director. I have concluded that good filmmakers should not tell stories when they are angry, because it seeps into characters, the landscape and the narrative like red ink.

OK but not great.