The Visitor
2007 · 104 min · Director: Tom McCarthy
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Lonely widower Professor Walter Vale has a boring life in Connecticut. He teaches only one class at the local college and is trying to learn how to play the piano, despite lacking the necessary musical talent. Walter is assigned to attend a conference about Global Policy and Development at New York University and give a lecture about a paper he co-authored. When he arrives at his New York apartment, he finds Tarek Khalil, a Syrian musician, and Zainab, a Senegalese street vendor, living there. He sympathizes with the illegal immigrants' situation and invites the couple to stay with him. Tarek invites him to go to his gig at Jules Live Jazz. Walter is fascinated with his African drum and Tarek offers to teach Walter how to play it. However, after an incident in the subway, Tarek is arrested and sent to a detention center for illegal immigrants. Walter has just hired a lawyer to defend Tarek when, out of the blue, Tarek's mother Mouna arrives at the apartment from Michigan. He invites her to stay in Tarek's room, and while trying to get Tarek released, Walter and Mouna get close to each other and he finds reasons to feel life can be exciting and worth living again.
Emotional fingerprint
The Visitor (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Sadness25%
- Love20%
- Anxiety15%
- Inspiration10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Love. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sadness | 37 % | 21 % | 18 % | 23 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 45 % | 15 % | 20 % | 36 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Tension | 42 % | 11 % | 23 % | 33 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Empathy | 32 % | 13 % | 23 % | 14 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Joy | 35 % | 13 % | 25 % | 5 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Joy | 41 % | 7 % | 24 % | 5 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Joy | 48 % | 12 % | 29 % | 20 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Tension | 61 % | 35 % | 48 % | 46 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Empathy | 64 % | 47 % | 58 % | 52 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Empathy | 61 % | 44 % | 56 % | 49 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Empathy | 61 % | 43 % | 57 % | 45 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Empathy | 56 % | 38 % | 53 % | 36 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Empathy | 54 % | 37 % | 51 % | 29 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Empathy | 58 % | 43 % | 54 % | 28 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Empathy | 59 % | 41 % | 54 % | 34 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Empathy | 62 % | 43 % | 55 % | 47 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Tension | 74 % | 59 % | 65 % | 60 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 84 % | 76 % | 76 % | 51 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Sadness | 85 % | 81 % | 79 % | 31 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Karen
Darin
Zev
Martin Revere
Cop #1
Cop #2
Waiter
Ronald Cole
Details
- Directed by
- Tom McCarthy
- Written by
- Tom McCarthy
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2007
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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