The Tenant (1976)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:19
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Trelkovsky (director Roman Polanski), a Polish immigrant residing in Paris, moves into an apartment vacated by a young woman who committed suicide by leaping out of her window. Upon moving in,... [More]
Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Director: Roman Polanski
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Reviews for The Tenant
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Although overshadowed by director Roman Polanski's more famous horror efforts... The Tenant is in many ways superior - a haunting, mesmerizing tale of a man's loss of identity and descent into madness. Full Review |
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8/10 |
Owing to the very same personal urgency that makes it a masterpiece, it is overwhelmingly solipsistic and ultimately alienating. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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5/5 |
The Tenant carries the most shocking double climax in all of cinema.
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
Polanski directs Polanski in this creepy tale of isolation and bad real estate.
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5/5 |
Nightmarish, disturbing, brilliant Polanski.
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62/100 |
Roman Polanski’s key error is almost certainly casting himself in the lead, as he is not an adept enough thespian to pull of the challenging transformation of his character. Full Review |
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It's an exercise in urban paranoia and mental disintegration that echoes or anticipates everything from Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby to Bitter Moon and The Pianist. Full Review |
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The Tenant is Polanski at his funniest, and its humor is premised on its excess. You can think of it as a staring contest where your opponent is dressed in wild drag. Full Review |
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A masterpiece of anguish. Full Review |
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