"The Visitor" and leftovers go bad after three days

Not real sure what to say about The Visitor. It really is a nice movie though. The director, Thomas McCarthy, also directed another nice one called The Station Agent. This one stars Richard Jenkins (you may recognize as being the dad in the goofball comedy, Step Brothers) who is nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a depressed widower who finds some hope and happiness from his three co-stars, all of which, you likely won't recognize either.Basically, Richard...

THE VISITOR DVD Review -- Jeff says after a lifetime of supporting roles, Richard Jenkins finally gets his chance to truly shine in The Visitor

The Visitor (20th Century Fox)Director: Tom McCarthyStarring: Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass Movies about lonely, disaffected older men have never exactly been out of vogue in Hollywood, but over the last 15 years or so, theyve been seemingly more popular than ever from Paul Newman (1994s Nobodys Fool) to Jack Nicholson (2002s About Schmidt), graying actors have courted critical greatness by starring in dramas with varying degrees of uplift. (Jack Nicholson is the standard-bearer of this subgenre, thanks to his roles in Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers.) Now, veteran character actor Richard Jenkins one of those that guy actors youve seen in everything from The Witches of Eastwick to Step Brothers has found his own lonely older guy project: The Visitor, a small, graceful drama written and ...

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DVD: The Visitor

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Movie Review: The Visitor (2008)

An excellent film despite its obvious structure