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  • The Visitor
  • The Visitor review by mcclurg from Perth
    Rated - 4 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...  

Richard Jenkins - filmography


  • The Rum Diary (2010)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Amber Heard,  Giovanni Ribisi
    Director: Bruce Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 6 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 »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 3,014 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 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,735 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 32,025 members
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  • The Core on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Hilary Swank,  Stanley Tucci
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 10,473 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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 666 members
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  • Changing Lanes on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Ben Affleck,  Sydney Pollack
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,565 members
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  • The Mod Squad on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Giovanni Ribisi,  Omar Epps
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 311 members
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  • Eye Of God on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Martha Plimpton,  Hal Holbrook,  Nick Stahl
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 79 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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 552 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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,722 member
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  • On Valentine's Day on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Richard Jenkins,  Carol Goodheart
    Director: Ken Harrison
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Horton Foote's tale of the Robedaux family fortunes from 1914 to 1918. The family run the gamut of emotional upheaval through unwanted pregnancy, forced marriage, forbidden love and the devastation of World War One.
    Rate this: 1 star out of 5 21% from 6 members
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  • The Core to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Hilary Swank,  Delroy Lindo
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 135 minutes
    The Earth has stopped rotating because of a change in the planet's core temperature. To restore the normal temperature, astronauts must travel to the center and detonate a nuclear bomb before the core superheats and destroys all life on the surface.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 76 members
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  • Changing Lanes to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Toni Collette
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    Late for court, an attorney weaves in and out of traffic. In a different lane, a father whose right to see his children rests on getting to court on time. A minor accident will turn these two strangers into beasts.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 44 members
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Richard Jenkins facts

5 most recent films

The Rum Diary - 3.5 stars
Dear John - 5.0 stars
The Cabin in the Woods - 0.5 stars
Burn After Reading - 3.0 stars
Tale of Despereaux, The - BLU-RAY Version - 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 First Season - 4.0 stars
Six Feet Under - The Complete Third Season - 4.0 stars
The Visitor - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Cabin in the Woods - 0.5 stars
On Valentine's Day - 1.0 stars
Into Thin Air - Death on Everest - 2.0 stars
Carolina Skeletons - 3.0 stars
The Visual Guide To Passing The Practical Driving Test - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frances Conroy - 6 times - show films
Christopher McDonald - 5 times - show films
Frances McDormand - 4 times - show films
Lauren Ambrose - 4 times - show films
Rachel Griffiths - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Joel Coen - 4 times - show films
Rob Reiner - 3 times - show films
Roger Michell - 2 times - show films
Sam Fell - 2 times - show films
Ethan Coen - 2 times - show films