Now, lest it seem that I'm going all out for action movies, here's a perfect little picture that manages to do the hokey "grumpy old man gradually learns how to love life again" schtick to perfection, throwing in a few curve balls along the way. The Visitor also has a lot to say - or rather show, because it's not at all preachy - about US foreign policy and treatment of immigrants. Throw in some excellent performances by the main actors, and you have a great film. Five stars all the way for me.
And yes, I know the poster has an old white geezer playing the bongos, but by the end of the movie, you won't care. Which is sort of the point.
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