Thursday, December 3, 2009

The visitor

I watched the visitor yesterday and it was very interesting. In essence, the movie is about this older man who lost his wife and leads a pretty lonely and depressing lifestyle. He writes books and teaches but he doesn't have any fun or any friends. Fate would have him to meet this couple who is ironically living in his second home, located in the city and he allows them to stay there and eventually creates a close relationship with them. But ofcourse the movie does not end there. The police find out that the guy in the relationship is an immigrant and he gets sent to a detention center. His girlfriend, the older man and his mom (who comes to visit) all try to support him but he gets deported.
The movie was supposed to instill a sense of sympathy and frustration about the bigatry and the unnecessary treatment, immigrants or foreigners have had to face since 9-11. The acting was pretty good but overall the movie was just decent. Great concept but a terrible ending and some parts were just corny.

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