The Intruder
Wellspring Media | Release Date: December 23, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
The texture and intensity of the odyssey makes it spellbinding. Read full review
100
Village VoiceDennis Lim
The Intruder, is a decisive breakthrough--her (Claire Denis) most poetic and primal film to date, as thrilling as it is initially baffling. Read full review
100
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Enigmatic as it is, The Intruder dares us to see movies as visual marvels tethered to humanity. Read full review
100
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
For Denis’ film - which may be her most intricately constructed and intensely beautiful to date - is one that transcends words and stories, a movie to be felt rather than rationalized. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Never has Denis demanded so much from audiences as with this shimmering enigma, at once intimate and epic, but it's worth the effort and then some. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film is surprisingly satisfying and meaningful. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The best way to enjoy The Intruder is to surrender to its poetry without demanding cut-and-dried explanations. Read full review
80
VarietyJay Weissberg
A beautiful, complex work that challenges viewers to mentally sift interior and exterior journeys. Read full review
80
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Exhilarating and exhausting, the kind of picture you don't bounce back from immediately. Yet its elusiveness is the very source of its poetic energy. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
One of the most visually sumptuous movies you will see this year. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The title might as well refer to the viewer who tags along on Louis' often-silent journey from solitude to some tentative form of family. Some will consider the experience insurmountably frustrating; others will find it exhilarating. Read full review
63
New York PostV.A. Musetto
So, should you see The Intruder? Yes -- but only if you're willing to ignore bothersome concerns about narrative and let the poetic images take over your mind. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett
Surrealism is one thing, but The Intruder appears so ill defined and random that it ends up looking simply inept. Read full review
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