The Tenant Reviews
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
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 14, 2004
Nightmarish, disturbing, brilliant Polanski.
Original Score: 5/5
February 3, 2004
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.
September 5, 2003
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.
July 20, 2003
Original Score: 3.5/4