The Visitor (2008)

"Widowed college professor Walter Vale leads an aimless, unsatisfied life until he becomes embroiled in the lives of an immigrant couple living in New York City. They fill his life with renewed energy and purpose, largely through music, before an encounter with post 9/11 immigration policies intensifies the relationship and tests their newly forged connection."

"McCarthy unquestionably means well, but he's made one of those incredibly naïve movies that gives liberals a bad name, and which does more to regress the sociopolitical discourse than advance it."

"A combination immigrant/resurrection tale, Visitor tilts toward the soulful rather than the political, and could be this year's humanistic indie hit."

"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."

"It works on several levels, and stands out as a wistful meditation on the psychological cost of 9/11."

"A heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you."

"A compelling and illuminating story of four people who form an unlikely and momentary friendship of considerable depth."

"The tension dips occasionally but stick with it and you'l be richly rewarded."