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The Immigrant

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After her sister is quarantined at Ellis Island, a Polish nurse (Marion Cotillard) is forced into prostitution by a theater manager (Joaquin Phoenix) who moonlights as a pimp.
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Beautiful visuals, James Gray's confident direction, and a powerful performance from Marion Cotillard combine to make The Immigrant a richly rewarding period drama.

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David Denby The New Yorker 09/22/2014
The physical look of the movie is a revelation of a lost past. Go to Full Review
Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald 09/12/2014
4.5/5
The film, too, changes shape as it goes along, beginning as something resembling social realism before developing into an old-fashioned "woman's picture." Go to Full Review
David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) 09/11/2014
4/5
Gray's beautiful, dark film is a reminder of the difficulties faced by immigrants in any place and at any time. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times Nov 5
4/5
A brilliant Marion Cotillard performance illuminates director James Gray's refined costume drama set in 1920s New York. Go to Full Review
JD Duran InSession Film 08/19/2024
C+
The Immigrant features some great performances from Cottilard and Phoenix and the visuals are gorgeous, but it's not enough to elevate this film to any significance due to a muddled and overly melodramatic script. Go to Full Review
Q.V. Hough Vague Visages 06/23/2023
While Marion Cotillard gives an incredible performance, the poignant direction makes this film a visual wonder of 2014. Go to Full Review
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Alec B 11/10/2023 The kind of period piece that is completely out of step with most films in this genre. Its bleak, but not utterly hopeless. The characters are desperate but are not defined by their pain and sorrow. It has genuine things to say, but never turns those ideas into obvious pronouncements about the perils of the "American Dream". Cotillard, Phoenix, and Renner all do some of their best work here and Gray just directs the hell out of the whole thing. See more isla s 09/03/2022 I thought this was quite an atmospheric film, with a somewhat chilling performance from Joaquin Phoenix as Bruno. Its quite a gritty film. I found myself feeling quite sorry for the main character and I admired her ability to try to defend herself. Its a film about trickery, manipulation and exploitation of desperation, hence it being a somewhat sobering watch, certainly in part. I liked the setting - NYC in the early 1900s. I also enjoyed seeing the coreographed theatre sequences and the music played (piano et al.). There is one particularly tense scene. This is quite a good drama film that I'd recommend to others. See more 11/20/2021 Realistic, yet Dreary Immigration Story The cinematography and period elements of this story are great. It's a slow, sad character story, and in that vein, it was pretty well done, but it was just a little too bleak and dreary for me to enjoy. See more 09/20/2021 More about acting than set pieces and rightly bleak. See more 03/16/2021 this movie depicts the difficulties of immigrants in the early XXth century, thanks to a really good soundtrack, filming... etc. sadly though, some characters such as the one portrayed by Jeremy Renner weren't given enough depth, despite the fact they played a big role in the scenario. See more 10/27/2020 Cotillard shines and Renner and Phoenix are more than adequate in this sepia laden movie that can't decide whether to be grounded or fantastical See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After her sister is quarantined at Ellis Island, a Polish nurse (Marion Cotillard) is forced into prostitution by a theater manager (Joaquin Phoenix) who moonlights as a pimp.
Director
James Gray
Producer
Greg Shapiro, Christopher Woodrow, Anthony Katagas, James Gray
Screenwriter
James Gray, Ric Menello
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
Kingsgate Films, Worldview Entertainment
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Some Language)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 16, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 20, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.0M
Runtime
1h 57m
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