The Visitor

The Visitor

  • Director: Tom McCarthy
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, French, Arabic, Romanian
  • Release date: May 23, 2008
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Du Khách
  • "The Visitor" is a crime drama directed by Thomas Joseph McCarthy in 2007 , starring Richard Jenkins , Hiam Abbass , Harz Slayman and others.
    The film mainly tells the story of White Wall, an economics teacher at the University of Connecticut, who is relieved from the great pain caused by his wife's death   .

    Details

    • Release date May 23, 2008
    • Filming locations East Village Wines, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies Groundswell Productions, Next Wednesday Productions, Participant

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $9,427,089

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $86,488

    Gross worldwide

    $18,197,518

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ona 2022-07-27 19:31:23

      The Visitor: Not with Your Hands, but with Your Heart.

      The overall rhythm of the story is pretty good.

      Especially in the first half, it's a gentle, slow, very comfortable rhythm.

      When the Syrian boy was put into the detention center, the storyline began to get long.

      But one of the episodes was well-acted and very touching.

      He took the boy's mother to the market to see the boy's black girlfriend, and the girl's expression was instantaneous. Change of eyes, real, rich

      The ending is almost as...

    • By Monica 2022-04-21 09:02:51

      What Americans care about most is American human rights

      What I saw was a socially realistic film of American self-criticism and reflection. Does America really care about human rights? In fact, what they care most about is American human rights.

      The film integrates an old American professor, a Syrian mother and son, and a Senegalese girlfriend into the story skillfully, using the common points of music, melody, rhythm, love, family and friendship in the world to break down the gaps of race, language and religion.

      I saw some very...

    • By Precious 2022-04-21 09:02:51

      If the professor is in the People's Square subway station...

      Looking back at "Crash", "Crossing the Border", and looking at this
      "Uninvited Guest", it seems that the theme of immigration, cultural integration, administrative violence and other topics can always be appropriately infecting the audience with New York as the stage.
      On the other hand, looking at Shanghai, which is the most similar to New York in the Celestial Dynasty, the same topic is inevitably reminiscent of the humiliation of YP, which shows the huge gap in inclusiveness between...

    • By Kaya 2022-04-21 09:02:51

      Meets and misses in life

      I like movie posters very much, sitting alone on a bench, passing by alone. The blurred figures seem to be like those blurred images that have become blurred before they can be recollected. At a certain moment, you may even doubt whether he really existed.

      Walter in the movie is a normal professor at a university. Lectures, writing books, meetings... This is probably the work that all professors repeat over and over again; but for him, sadly, all these do not bring him the joy of...

    • By Kacie 2022-04-21 09:02:51

      you bring light in

      The illegal immigrants brought light in to the academician's boring life.

      When the movie showed the skyline around Central Park, I almost burst into tears.

      The movie showed the life was not fair, however, good man do exist.

      When the man lost his wife , he tried to pick up some piano as his wife did, however, no luck; but the young African brought the drums into the man's life, which proved to be more appealing, more energetic to the man.

      I really like...

    User comments

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    • By Cyrus 2022-03-27 09:01:13

      Except for the slightly far-fetched internal injuries, it can be regarded as a very pleasant...

    • By Nathan 2022-03-27 09:01:13

      The idea is good, but the director's skills are still shallow, some plots are more deliberate, and they are expressed in order to express their...

    • By Kylee 2022-03-27 09:01:13

      I know a Syrian who, like Tarek, is warm, talkative, complains about his country and wants to go abroad. When you think that you have escaped the sea of ​​misery and come to another new world and enjoy it, only to find out that this world can't hold you... The movie does not have strong dramatic conflict, nor does it spend a lot of ink on the biggest gap, more It depicts people's emotions and helplessness to reality, and criticizes American immigration policy. It's a good...

    • By Blaze 2022-03-27 09:01:13

      The most impressive scene in the whole film is the conflict in the subway station. The discussion of the problem is not deep enough. In addition, the sunset love is a little bloody, and the interaction between people from different cultures is the biggest attraction of this...

    • By Chasity 2022-03-27 09:01:13

      I've been looking forward to walter's proposal, and the two get married and everything is resolved. No one needs to leave, and they are still entangled in pain and indignation. The music in the film just coincides with the African music theme I want to do, and I will recommend this film to my students to learn about African drum...

    Movie plot

    White Wall is an economics teacher at the University of Connecticut. The death of his wife brought him great pain, and Wall could only get himself free through endless work. The lonely and dull life bores Wall. He yearns for passion and tries his best to find the meaning of life. Because he wanted to attend an academic conference, Wall came to his apartment in New York. He hasn't been here for a long time since his wife's death, but to...
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    "The Visitor" is a film full of warm taste. Its storyline is relatively simple and does not require the audience to open their eyes or use their brains to reason. There are no shocking scenes in the film, but touching little details everywhere. Actors from different regions and different cultural backgrounds have very accurate grasp of the roles. The film’s use of "drums" can be described as subtle, because "drums" become attached,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Zainab: [Walter panting] Are you okay?

      Prof. Walter Vale: Yes, Tarek has been giving me drum lessons and I was just practising.

      [Zainab moves accross the floor]

      Prof. Walter Vale: Don't worry I'll keep my pants on.

    • Zainab: Why did you invite him?

      Tarek Khalil: We're staying in his apartment. What could I do?

      Zainab: And I'll be stuck with him while you play your drum.

      Tarek Khalil: You know you're very sexy when you're mad at me.

      [leans in to kiss her]

      Prof. Walter Vale: [interrupts] Hello! If you don't mind, I think I will come.

      Tarek Khalil: Cool.

      Prof. Walter Vale: Let me get my coat.

      [Zainab frustrates]

    • Prof. Walter Vale: I've been teaching the same course for 20 years, and it doesn't mean anything to me. None of it does. I pretend. I pretend that I'm busy, that I'm working, that I'm writing. I'm not doing anything.