The Lodger

Name: The Lodger
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: January 23, 2009
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 17

2009

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Overwhelming dislike based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Stage 6 Films | Release Date: January 23, 2009 | R

Summary: The Lodger follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper - a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police. ToThe Lodger follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper - a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police. To make matters worse, the detective soon notices the parallels between the crimes committed by the West Hollywood stalker and those of a serial murderer incarcerated years ago. Could the wrong man be behind bars? (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Director: David Ondaatje

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Scott Tobias

It takes guts to remake what many believe to be Hitchcock's first masterpiece, but what Ondaatje's done with The Lodger could not be mistaken for ambition. Read full review

John Anderson

What needed to be a taut, structurally sound psychothriller instead malfunctions from the start. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

The film might amuse some, especially fans of Alfred Hitchcock, but is likely to annoy almost everyone else. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A good cast can't save The Lodger, the utterly wrongheaded fourth movie version of a 1910 novel inspired by Jack the Ripper. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Nodding, winking, and sighing, The Lodger lumbers its way to a final twist so anticlimactic and silly as to warrant an incredulous titter. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Prostitutes are not the only things butchered in The Lodger, a spooky story ruined by lumpen dialogue, cloddish performances and a director and writer (David Ondaatje) oblivious to both. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Filled with second-rate Brian DePalma twists, noirishly blurred lights and usually solid actors mouthing potboiler brine, The Lodger resembles bottom-shelf '80s dreck. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Sep 5, 2023

A sad case of a thriller that had an interesting basis to succeed but then gratuitously complicates its life by becoming ridiculous instead of tense and suspenseful.

The Lodger is a bleak and violent film but it tries to be more cerebral than raw. Not that I think it's necessary to exploitA sad case of a thriller that had an interesting basis to succeed but then gratuitously complicates its life by becoming ridiculous instead of tense and suspenseful.

The Lodger is a bleak and violent film but it tries to be more cerebral than raw. Not that I think it's necessary to exploit the creepiness of a serial killer, but this film disguises the horror under an explanation that feels not only weak, but basically sounds like the psychiatrist's explanation at the end of Psycho. This conclusion appears exceptionally frail given the nature of the murders and the intricate plotting surrounding them.

In essence, The Lodger is just a very poor thriller. No wonder why I never heard of it before, and no wonder why its director never made another movie.… Expand

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