{"id":1610,"date":"2008-04-22T02:52:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T01:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2008-04-22T02:52:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T01:52:36","slug":"the-visitor-is-a-low-key-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/04\/22\/the-visitor-is-a-low-key-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visitor is a low key gem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tom McCarthy<\/a> made one of the best films of 2003 with The Station Agent<\/a> and his latest The Visitor<\/strong><\/a> is just as good.<\/p>\n

The story involves a college professor (Richard Jenkins<\/a>) who finds a young immigrant couple living in his New York<\/a> apartment.<\/p>\n

It then follows the characters as they connect with one another in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

Like his previous work, it is thoughtful, beautifully observed and features rounded characters who feel like people you might actually meet in real life.<\/p>\n

Jenkins is a character actor you might recognise – he’s probably best known for his fine work as Nathaniel Fisher<\/a> in Six Feet Under<\/a> or as the FBI agent in Flirting with Disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here he is finally given a lead role that allows him demonstrate his considerable acting skills and there is fine support too from Haaz Sleiman<\/a>, Danai Jekesai Gurira and Hiam Abbass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But what really makes this film stand out is the way it manages to tackle some really big themes with such intelligence and grace.<\/p>\n

Immigration, loss and love are just a few of the issues dealt with here, but it never feels like a stodgy parable.<\/p>\n

Instead, it manages to take us deep into the hearts and minds of people caught up in the chilly climate of a post-9\/11<\/a> world.<\/p>\n

It is one of those rare films that manages to engage your heart and brain, but does so with the subtle skill of a richly gifted director.<\/p>\n

Check out the trailer here:<\/p>\n

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The Visitor <\/strong>is currently on limited release in the US and opens in the UK on July 4th<\/em><\/p>\n

> Official site for The Visitor<\/a>
\n> IMDb page
\n<\/a>> Check out reviews of the film at Metacritic<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom McCarthy made one of the best films of 2003 with The Station Agent and his latest The Visitor is just as good. The story involves a college professor (Richard Jenkins) who finds a young immigrant couple living in his New York apartment. It then follows the characters as they connect with one another in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,8],"tags":[83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}