San Francisco Chronicle by Ruthe Stein

The Visitor, is, if anything, more imaginative and touching than his first.

Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow

As a writer-director, McCarthy, like the characters and the places that he suffuses with emotion, has poetry in him - and he knows how to let it out. He has a talent for demarcating those spaces in which characters can become whoever they want to be.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold

It works on several levels, and stands out as a wistful meditation on the psychological cost of 9/11.

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

The curious thing about The Visitor is that even as it goes more or less where you think it will, it still manages to surprise you along the way.

Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

Eloquent and unassuming, it's a picture that hits home precisely because it doesn't overreach its grasp.

Rolling Stone by Peter Travers

A heartfelt human drama that sneaks up and floors you.

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

McCarthy's flawless casting may be the film's greatest strength: Veteran character actor Jenkins and his costars vanish into their characters -- their performances are so subtle and unforced that they don't feel like performances at all.

USA Today by Claudia Puig

It is one of the year's most intriguing dramas, with a quartet of powerful performances.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Best movie I've seen so far this year? Hands down, it's Tom McCarthy's superb The Visitor, which turns Richard Jenkins, one of the best character actors in the business, into a full-fledged star.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

Jenkins and The Visitor”make lovely music together. It’s a case of a veteran character actor slipping on a leading role like the most comfortable pair of pants in the world.