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09/10/02
The Visit (2000)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:22
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: An earnest drama, The Visit gains much emotional power through its fine performances.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: With THE VISIT, director Jordan Walker Pearlman makes his feature film debut, adapting a story from a book of the same title written by Kosmond Russell. The movie stars Hill Harper as a young man... [More]
Starring: Hill Harper, Obba Babatunde, Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams
Director: Jordan Walker Pearlman
Reviews for The Visit
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05/13/03
A prime example of a movie that has clearly been agonized over and loved, but to virtually no ultimate effect.
02/01/01
A better venue for The Visit might be PBS or HBO, where its method-y intimacy would feel less forced.
04/19/01
No review available.
08/10/05
Feels dreadfully slow and often inert.
04/20/01
The very strong performances in this low-budget film deserve a better narrative structure to strut their stuff.
04/19/01
Overloaded with extra characters, tangled story lines, dance numbers, fantasies and flashbacks.
04/16/01
Some of the fantasy sequences play like a Hallmark Hall of Fame production, as does the overly sentimental ending.
02/01/01
Too bad it's swamped by good intentions.
04/16/01
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12/08/01
Harper ... turns in a powerful, nuanced performance and alone makes The Visit worth your time.
04/20/01
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01/09/06
The effect of watching people grapple with emotional difficulty and trying to communicate with one another proves riveting.
04/09/01
Top CriticThe acting carries the scenes and Walker-Pearlman's dialogue and screenplay make for an auspicious debut
02/01/01
At its best when considering measures of masculinity and dread of not living up to them.
04/20/01
It backs up its earnest quality with a minimum of sentimentality and a cast-full of straightforward, moving performances.
04/19/01
Exceptional performances from a well-worn cast transforms The Visit into a remarkable healing process, using the medicine of family and faith to heal a tortured soul.
03/19/01
Sometimes we are surprised by the forces that serve as a catalyst for our deepening. . . . a profoundly simple and moving film.
01/01/00
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