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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 81Film.comDavid EhrlichFilm.comDavid EhrlichThe Visitor might be a hot mess, the byproduct of tailspinning egos and the best drugs movie money could buy in the late 70s, but it certainly isn’t an accident.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt is fun, a hodgepodge of styles and technique and feathered hair that really evokes the late ’70s.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe Visitor is a mess, but a revelatory one, both a ripe, bizarre thriller and a fascinating example of how filmmakers first responded to the interstellar millions stirred up by Spielberg and George Lucas: by thieving the good bits.
- 63Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughThe Visitor arrived at the height of a sci-fi and horror film revival, when “serious” directors... embraced genre conventions and made them their own. Paradise stole from them all. But unlike these directors, his ambition was coupled with delusional ineptitude.
- 60The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThe Visitor is like a puzzle jammed together by a 3-year-old, with the polyglot pieces forced into place whether they fit or not. In other words, it’s an essential curiosity.