The Tenants
Millennium Films | Release Date: February 3, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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70
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Stilted and gloomy as it sounds (and sometimes is), The Tenants gets by on its nimble approximation of Malamud's robust prose, subtle turns of deadpan humor and gut-tingling menace, and remarkable performances. McDermott does credible work here, but Snoop's casting is a stroke of genius. Read full review
70
SlateDana Stevens
There's something endearingly bookish about a movie whose single most frightening shot involves the possibility of an ax being taken to a typewriter. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
Harry likes Willie's white girlfriend, played by the Australian actress Rose Byrne with a riveting, sad sexiness. So much screen time is devoted to the men that her part is underwritten, but there are novels in her eyes. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Keeps grimly glued to its one-note premise, relieved by nary a glimmer of humor, surprise or personality. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The message about race relations in America conveyed by The Tenants, a small, serious, but choppy and psychologically cauterized screen adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1971 novel, is dire. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Harkening back to a time when race relations in New York City were even worse than they seem today. Read full review
50
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Isn't exactly bad and isn't exactly good. It's raw in some places and overcooked in others. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The stage is set for a full-scale racial conflict, but neither actor is really up to the task - McDermott seems lost in his voluminous beard and Snoop Dogg spits his lines out. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Alternately tedious and bombastic, the film never achieves a consistent tone, and the characters and situations, while seemingly played on a realistic level, are neither remotely credible nor satisfyingly surreal. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated parable of American race relations. Read full review
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