The Resident

R

Released Feb 18, 2011

1 hr. 31 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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31%

32 Reviews

Tomatometer

27%

5,000+ Ratings

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

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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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Audience Member

I am a big JDM fan and love his darker roles in the industry. I quite like this movie, but it seems a little predictable. The emotions were a little flat, not much chemistry on film. But, as I said, I'm a JDM fan so I've watched this a few times for when I'm cleaning or cooking as background noise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Liam D

A pedestrian thriller but has its atmospheric with great cinematography by Oscar Winner Guillermo Navarro (Desperado, The Long Kiss Goodnight) and a good score by Oscar Winner John Ottman (Superman Returns, Fantastic Four)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/21/22

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Antti J. Jokinen

Director

Hilary Swank

Dr. Juliet Dermer

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Max

Christopher Lee

August

Lee Pace

Jack

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

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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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Synopsis

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

Director: Antti J. Jokinen
Executive Producer: Alexander Yves Brunner, Renny Harlin, Tom Lassally, Nigel Sinclair, Hilary Swank
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

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