The Tenant Reviews
October 31, 2019
Unfortunately, [Roman Polanski's] current film, The Tenant veers dangerously close to parody and evokes not horror but laughter.
July 23, 2019
Roman Polanski creates a surreal and suggestive fable. [Full Review in Spanish]
January 15, 2013
This creepy psychological thriller, dealing with paranoia and split identity, is one of Polanski's most underestimated films.
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| Original Score: B+
June 6, 2010
Poorly received on its release, it has since become a cult fave.
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| Original Score: B
February 18, 2010
A disturbing and poignant anthology of Roman Polanski's favourite, oppressive themes.
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| Original Score: 4/5
February 18, 2010
The film [is] extremely, scarily effective (it is also surprisingly funny).
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
December 11, 2009
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.
October 18, 2008
It has a humorous tang, underlying the macabre.
September 14, 2007
Owing to the very same personal urgency that makes it a masterpiece, it is overwhelmingly solipsistic and ultimately alienating.
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| Original Score: 8/10
December 26, 2006
Original Score: 4/5
June 24, 2006
As the plot escalates into increasingly arbitrary excesses of fantasy and heads for the predictable pay-off, the movie looks more and more like a potboiler.
February 6, 2006
The Tenant carries the most shocking double climax in all of cinema.
Original Score: 5/5
October 6, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
October 3, 2005
The Tenant is one of Roman Polanski's greatest and darkest films.
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| Original Score: 4/4
May 9, 2005
The film is superbly acted by Mr. Polanski, Mr. Douglas and Miss Winters.
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| Original Score: 4/5
April 3, 2005
Polanski directs Polanski in this creepy tale of isolation and bad real estate.
Original Score: 4/5
January 14, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
November 12, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
October 23, 2004
As a film by Polanski, it's unspeakably disappointing.
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| Original Score: 1/4
October 14, 2004
Nightmarish, disturbing, brilliant Polanski.
Original Score: 5/5