I forgot both The Station Agent and The Visitor until I saw Omar's list. That guy's pretty good for a lying reporter.
I liked The Visitor for the great turn by Jenkins, but towards the end I realized that I would have rather seen a different film centered around the relationship between Walter Vale and Hiam Abbass's Mouna. Awesome: The final image of Jenkins pounding furiously on the drum in the subway.
I was not a fan of
The Visitor. There were some messages in there that made me uncomfortable. First of all, if you played a drinking game during the movie in which you had to do a shot each time a minority thanked the white man for his kindness, you would have to be rushed to the hospital before the film ended. And secondly, for the white man's kindness, what do the minorities give him in return? Well, the only thing a minority can give a white man....rhythm!
Ew.
But I agree that Jenkins is great and I look forward to seeing him in something better.
