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  • The Visitor
  • The Visitor review by mcclurg from Perth
    Rated - 4.0 stars intelligent and involving 18 February 2009
    ...american director make a film sympathetic to illegal ( and muslim ) immigrants. Richard Jenkins is excellent as the buttoned down professor rescued from an emotional arctic by...   Read customer review
  • Dear John
  • Dear John review by SusieP from Leeds
    Rated - 4.0 stars Nice way to spend a couple of hours 2 January 2011
    ...to say nothing of his fab physique!). There is the usual great performance from Richard Jenkins, heartbreakingly subtle as Tatum's ailing father. An affecting love story and o...   Read customer review
  • Hall Pass
  • Hall Pass review by BrownPolar from
    Rated - 4.5 stars BrownPolar Verdict 25 October 2011
    ...appens everywhere at this very minute. My favourite performance in the movie is Richard Jenkins’ brilliant little cameo, which is naturally hilarious. Stephen Merchant is so u...   Read customer review

Richard Jenkins - filmography


  • Darling Companion (2012)
    Starring: Diane Keaton,  Kevin Kline,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In Darling Companion, Beth saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway on a wintry day in Denver. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after their daughter'..read more »
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  • HappyThankYouMorePlease on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Kate Mara,  Malin Akerman,  Josh Radnor
    Director: Josh Radnor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 317 members
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  • Eat, Pray, Love - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  James Franco,  Billy Crudup
    Director: Ryan Murphy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5,801 members
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  • Eat, Pray, Love on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  James Franco,  Billy Crudup
    Director: Ryan Murphy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 27,379 members
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  • Dear John on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Amanda Seyfried,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the makers of "The Notebook" and starring Channing Tatum ("Fighting", "Step Up") and Amanda Seyfried ("Mamma Mia"). "Dear John" is a romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave and the passionate but complicated long distance ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 19,651 members
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  • Let Me In on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee,  Chloe Moretz,  Richard Jenkins
    Director: Matt Reeves
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Based on the best-selling novel of the same name and the successful Swedish film, "Let Me In" is a contemporary coming-of-age tale about Owen, an overlooked and bullied boy, who finds love and revenge through Abby, a beautiful yet peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 17,987 members
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  • Let Me In - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee,  Chloe Moretz,  Richard Jenkins
    Director: Matt Reeves
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the bestselling novel of the same name and the successful Swedish film, "Let Me In" is a contemporary coming-of-age tale about Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, who finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful yet peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,737 members
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  • The Rum Diary on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amber Heard,  Giovanni Ribisi
    Director: Bruce Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 7,592 members
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  • Dear John - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Amanda Seyfried,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Lasse Hallström and screenwriter Jamie Linden collaborate to adapt author Nicholas Sparks' novel about a young soldier who falls for an idealistic college girl. Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) was on spring break when she first met John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who was home on temporary ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,215 members
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  • The Rum Diary - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amber Heard,  Giovanni Ribisi
    Director: Bruce Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,682 members
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  • Step Brothers - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Will Ferrell,  John C. Reilly,  Mary Steenburgen
    Director: Adam McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,482 members
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  • The Broken on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Lena Headey,  Richard Jenkins,  Asier Newman
    Director: Sean Ellis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On a busy street in London, Gina thinks she sees herself drive past in her own car. Stunned by this strange event, Gina follows the mystery woman up to her apartment. From here, events take an eerie turn for the worse until Gina's awareness slides from solid reality into a world that will haunt ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 4,277 members
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  • Step Brothers on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Will Ferrell,  John C. Reilly,  Mary Steenburgen
    Director: Adam McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old, lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old lives with his father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 39,787 members
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  • Burn After Reading on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  George Clooney,  John Malkovich
    Director: Ethan Coen,  Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 94,825 members
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  • The Visitor on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Hiam Abbass,  Amir Arison,  Richard Jenkins
    Director: Thomas McCarthy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A poignant and often funny film about rediscovering joy in the most unexpected places, The Visitor boasts an international cast including Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Dabai Gurira and Haim Abbass. Sixty-two-year old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8,639 members
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  • Rumour Has It... on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 37,476 members
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  • North Country on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Charlize Theron,  Frances McDormand,  Woody Harrelson
    Director: Niki Caro
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This melodrama for the modern age is based on the true story of the first successful sexual harassment case in America. Niki Caro's (WHALE RIDER) inspirational tale traces one woman's determined struggle for independence and equality in a male-dominated environment, a struggle that set a precedent ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 11,211 members
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  • Fun With Dick And Jane on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Tea Leoni,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Dean Parisot
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Tea Leoni) are a typical suburban couple. They have a nice house in a development, she works as a travel agent to supplement his white-collar income, and their son's first language is Spanish thanks to spending so much time with nanny Blanca (Gloria Garayua). Things ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 34,280 members
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  • Intolerable Cruelty on DVD (2003)
    Starring: George Clooney,  Catherine Zeta Jones,  Geoffrey Rush
    Director: Joel Coen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    George Clooney establishes himself as a true Hollywood movie star and heir to the Cary Grant throne in this hysterical dark romantic comedy from the Coen brothers. Clooney plays Miles Massey, an unhappy and lonely divorce lawyer who specialises in protecting the wealth of men who have been caught ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 30,400 members
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  • The Core on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Hilary Swank,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Weird phenomena lead a brilliant geophysics professor, Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart), to the discovery that the Earth's core has stopped revolving, ultimately resulting in severe natural disasters and radiation akin to that of a microwave--and the end of the world. Keyes' worst fears are confirmed ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 11,909 members
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  • Changing Lanes on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Dylan Baker,  Bradley Cooper,  Jennie Dundas
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,264 members
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  • Stealing Harvard on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Green,  Jason Lee,  Leslie Mann
    Director: Bruce McCulloch
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jason Lee plays a well-intentioned Everyman who is forced into a life of crime in STEALING HARVARD. Engaged to the beautiful Elaine (Leslie Mann) and saving up to buy their dream house, John (Lee) appears to have it all. But when his sister shows him a videotape in which he promises to pay for his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 711 members
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  • Say It Isn't So on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Heather Graham,  Orlando Jones,  Chris Klein
    Director: J.B. Rogers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With SAY IT ISN'T SO, the Farrelly Brothers (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, DUMB AND DUMBER) give their former first assistant director J. B. Rogers a shot at the big time. The result is another crude comedy that finds laughs in a series of outrageous situations. Working from a script by first-..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,096 member
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  • The Mod Squad on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Steve Harris,  Larry Brandenburg,  Claire Danes
    Director: Scott Silver
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A trio of juvenile delinquents (Claire Danes, Omar Epps, and Giovanni Ribisi) are recruited by a cop to help infiltrate an underground drug ring. When, he is unexpectedly killed, the group go all out to solve his murder and bust the drug cartel. Their efforts are made harder when they suffer ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 347 members
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  • Eye Of God on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Mary Kay Place,  Maggie Moore,  Kevin Anderson
    Director: Tim Blake Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Martha Plimpton gives a strong performance as an Oklahoma diner waitress who weds the born-again prison inmate (Kevin Anderson) with whom she's been corresponding, but she soon finds that his ostensible piety masks a cruel, domineering nature that leads inevitably to horrific violence. This deeply ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 93 members
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  • Into Thin Air - Death on Everest (1997)
    Starring: Peter Horton,  Christopher McDonald,  Nathaniel Parker
    Director: Robert Markowitz
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    This film, based on Jon Krakauer's phenomenal #1 best-seller, chronicles the true-life suspenseful struggle for survival on the peaks of the world's highest mountain. This is what happens when a group of people, both amateurs and professionals, attempt to climb the Himalayas and find that despite ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 68 members
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  • Eddie on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Whoopi Goldberg,  Frank Langella,  Dennis Farina
    Director: Steve Rash
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eddie is a limo driver who talks fast but who frequently puts her mouth into gear before her brain. She is also honorary coach of her beloved basketball team but she has to win over the players, fans and win the playoffs.
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 649 members
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  • Flirting With Disaster on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ben Stiller,  Patricia Arquette,  Tea Leoni
    Director: David O. Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director David O. Russell follows up his dark independent comedy SPANKING THE MONKEY with this hilarious romp about a man who goes on a quest to find his biological parents. Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller), a new father, is convinced that he won't be able to give his son a name until he reunites ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 1,892 member
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  • Doublecrossed (1991)
    Starring: Dennis Hooper,  Robert Carradine,  Richard Jenkins
    Director: Roger Young
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the true-life adventures of the late Drug Enforcement Agency spy Barry Seal, this exciting espionage adventure chronicles the events that lead up to his death in 1984. Before coming to work for the DEA, smooth-talking Seal (Dennis Hopper) had been a drug smuggler for the notorious Medellin ..read more »
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  • Carolina Skeletons on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Bruce Dern,  Melissa Leo
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where years ago, his brother was exucuted for the murder of two white girls. He believes his brother was innocent and sets out to prove it. But there are some people in town who will stop at nothing to keep their ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 15 members
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  • Sea Of Love - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Ellen Barkin,  John Goodman
    Director: Harold Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two detectives, one from New York, the other from Long Island join forces to track down a bizarre serial killer. Convinced of a beautiful suspect's innocence, the New York detective starts an affair with her, despite hard evidence linking her to the murders.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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  • On Valentine's Day on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Richard Jenkins,  Carol Goodheart
    Director: Ken Harrison
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The film follows the life of a young woman who shocks the people of her small southern town by marrying a man from the wrong side of the tracks. They marry on Valentine's Day and take a room in the house of an impoverished family where their lives soon become intertwined with their fellow boarders.
    1 star out of 5 23% from 12 members
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  • Rumour Has It... - Blu-ray
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,317 member
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  • Rumour Has It... - HD
    Starring: Jennifer Aniston,  Kevin Costner,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Aniston stars as Sarah Huttinger, whose return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her, and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers. Join sarah as she uncovers secrets that suggest that her family are neither sedate nor ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 547 members
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Richard Jenkins facts

5 most recent films

The Three Stooges - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
The Three Stooges - 4.0 stars
Darling Companion - 3 stars
Hall Pass - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
HappyThankYouMorePlease - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Six Feet Under - Complete Fifth Season - 4.0 stars
Six Feet Under - The Complete Second Series - 4.0 stars
Six Feet Under - The Complete Third Season - 4.0 stars
Six Feet Under - The Complete First Season - 4.0 stars
The Cabin in the Woods - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Doublecrossed - 3 stars
Darling Companion - 3 stars
The Three Stooges - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
On Valentine's Day - 1.0 stars
Carolina Skeletons - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frances Conroy - 25 times - show films
Rachel Griffiths - 23 times - show films
Peter Krause - 23 times - show films
Freddy Rodríguez - 23 times - show films
Michael C. Hall - 23 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
Rodrigo Garcia - 6 times - show films
Kathy Bates - 6 times - show films
Peter Farrelly - 6 times - show films
Rose Troche - 6 times - show films