I watched the film The Visitor this evening and recommend it wholeheartedly — a very human story told on a very human level. Moving, entertaining, graceful, bittersweet.
If you need more than that, here’s A.O. Scott’s review from last April.
“The curious thing about ‘The Visitor’ is that even as it goes more or less where you think it will, it still manages to surprise you along the way.”
I absolutely loved The Visitor after seeing it while it was in theaters. It was heartwarming and gut-wrenching and uplifting and enraging all at once. The lack of empathy that sometimes pervades our society disappoints me to no end.