The Resident

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The Resident

R

Released Feb 18, 2011

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A landlord becomes obsessed with a doctor (Hilary Swank) who moves into his building.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

The Resident hits all the obligatory notes in a film that's so generic that you can tell what the characters will do next much before they are primed for it.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Philip French

Guardian

It's a conventional thriller, short on originality and red herrings but atmospherically lit by Guillermo Navarro, who won an Oscar for his cinematography on Pan's Labyrinth.

Mar 14, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Swank works hard but the Oscar-winner must wonder what she was doing in this hokum.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 11, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Much of the problem here resides in the one-note characters designated to the common tropes of damsel and psycho.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

The Resident is atmospherically shot but the predictable script doesn't supply enough twists to whip up truly nerve-jangling tension.

Dec 5, 2020

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

o aksonas ths empneyshs twn dyo grafiadwn einai ksepatikwmenos ap' eytheias ap' to Psycho (1960), kai par' oti o skhnotheths einai toso anikanos na soy to thymisei tonika, o profanhs symbolismos toy einai arketos gia na soy to ypogrammisei diakritika

Rated: 1.5/5

Sep 29, 2011

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TT H

Normally good actors but they couldn’t save a plain old predictable plot.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/23/24

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Audience Member

The scenes never really left the building and it felt monotonous. Ended abruptly. Just felt kinda grossed out by the idea of it but no true emotion came from the film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/06/24

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Mark B

This is not creepy it is just gratuitous. Not a good movie at all. What a waste of Christopher Lee. Do not waste your time.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Julie R

Wow this was bad. I watch anything starring Hillary Swank, but I suppose every great actor has done at least one awful film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/03/23

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ian b

Not the best film I have seen but it does drag on to its obvious conclusion.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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KEVIN C

This is a very good thriller. Hilary Swank plays a tenant in an old building run by the handsome and charming Jeffrey Dean Morgan but soon after she moves in strange things seem to happen to her. I really enjoyed this one. Although they give away who the protagonist is about twenty minutes into the movie instead of making it more of a mystery. It still works as a creepy stalker type of movie. Christopher Lee is also featured. The two leads make this a much better movie than it has a right to be.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Synopsis

A landlord becomes obsessed with a doctor (Hilary Swank) who moves into his building.

Director: Antti J. Jokinen
Producer: Tobin Armbrust, Cary Brokaw, Guy East, Simon Oakes, Vicki Dee Rock, Jillian Longnecker
Screenwriter: Antti J. Jokinen, Robert Orr
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Production Co: Exclusive Media, Hammer Film Productions Limited
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality/Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2011
Runtime: 1h 31m

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