The Tenants

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The Tenants

R

Released Apr 25, 2005

1h 35m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) lives in a decrepit apartment building and spends his days banging away at a typewriter in an attempt to finish his third novel. Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), also a struggling novelist and an illegal squatter in the building, occasionally asks Henry's professional advice. Antagonism between the two men increases as each tries to finish his book before the other does.

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Alternately tedious and bombastic, the film never achieves a consistent tone, and the characters and situations, while seemingly played on a realistic level, are neither remotely credible nor satisfyingly surreal.

Feb 9, 2006

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Snoop Dogg and Bernard Malamud don't often pop up in the same sentence, but they make an effective combination in a quiet little indie called The Tenants.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 3, 2006

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 3, 2006

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Kam Williams

DallasBlack.com

The stripped-down production looks more like a play than a movie, but all the actors do a decent job with a script which turns increasingly preposterous at every turn.

Rated: 3/4

May 20, 2007

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

There's little that's right about The Tenants.

Mar 1, 2007

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a thoroughly dated and hopelessly irrelevant piece of work...

Rated: 1/4

Mar 18, 2006

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i so saw the ending coming, and it sucks like a hoover, the rest of it was interesting though

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Throw a card at that fool!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Interesting 70s piece with two writers as the main characters. Not only did it make me daydream again about being Lorraine Hansberry in a flat on the upper West side in the 1950s, but it actually made me think that Snoop Dog might really be serious about his acting career...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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really i didnt know about this movie untill soon wow what a great movie and performing from snoop and dylan ..... great

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Now this is a movie that tries to be artistic but fails to be even a close one. Simply the movie is about two writers and how they become enemies of eachother. The movie is really boring and if you are not fully awake do not watch it because you will fell sleep.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Not a terrible flick.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Harry Lesser

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Rose Byrne

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Synopsis

Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) lives in a decrepit apartment building and spends his days banging away at a typewriter in an attempt to finish his third novel. Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), also a struggling novelist and an illegal squatter in the building, occasionally asks Henry's professional advice. Antagonism between the two men increases as each tries to finish his book before the other does.

Director: Danny Green
Producer: Avi Lerner, Chris Bongirne, Randall Emmett, Heidi Jo Markel
Screenwriter: Danny Green, David Diamond
Production Co: Millennium Films
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 3, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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