HollywoodChicago.com film review: 'The Visitor' from 'The Station Agent' director Thomas McCarthy

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on April 20, 2008 - 11:14pm

HollywoodChicago.com film critic Patrick McDonald wrote in his 4.5 out of 5.0 review of the new film “The Visitor” with Richard Jenkins from “Six Feet Under” by “The Station Agent” director Thomas McCarthy:

Patrick McDonald wrote:

This film is America working out the demons of Sept. 11, 2001. Director Thomas McCarthy brilliantly focuses on characters who love life despite the less savory circumstances surrounding them.

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