Not real sure what to say about The Visitor. It really is a nice movie though. The director, Thomas McCarthy, also directed another nice one called The Station Agent. This one stars Richard Jenkins (you may recognize as being the dad in the goofball comedy, Step Brothers) who is nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a depressed widower who finds some hope and happiness from his three co-stars, all of which, you likely won't recognize either.
Basically, Richard lives in a home outside of NYC but has an apartment in the city that he rarely visits. Well, he finds this African drummer dude and his smokin' hot girlfriend squatting in the flat. They aren't bad people, just illegals who rented the place from some crooked friend of Richard's Anyway, everyone learns a bit from each other and the drummer, in a chance happening, winds up in a deportation center and Richard takes it upon himself to try to help. Watch the movie trailer and read on because...
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