The Resident

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The Resident

R

2011

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A landlord becomes obsessed with a doctor (Hilary Swank) who moves into his building.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Apr 2, 2019

2.5/5

The Resident hits all the obligatory notes in a film that's so generic that you can tell what the characters will do next much before they are primed for it.

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Philip French

Guardian

Mar 14, 2011

It's a conventional thriller, short on originality and red herrings but atmospherically lit by Guillermo Navarro, who won an Oscar for his cinematography on Pan's Labyrinth.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Mar 11, 2011

2/5

Swank works hard but the Oscar-winner must wonder what she was doing in this hokum.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jul 31, 2023

2/4

Much of the problem here resides in the one-note characters designated to the common tropes of damsel and psycho.

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Dec 5, 2020

The Resident is atmospherically shot but the predictable script doesn't supply enough twists to whip up truly nerve-jangling tension.

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

Sep 29, 2011

1.5/5

o aksonas ths empneyshs twn dyo grafiadwn einai ksepatikwmenos ap' eytheias ap' to Psycho (1960), kai par' oti o skhnotheths einai toso anikanos na soy to thymisei tonika, o profanhs symbolismos toy einai arketos gia na soy to ypogrammisei diakritika

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Jul 13, 2026

It is very creepy. I would have rated it higher but I didn't like the ending.

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HMF B

@RT83358023 Feb 14, 2025

So predictable, has been done before

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TT H

@RT92046383 Aug 23, 2024

Normally good actors but they couldn’t save a plain old predictable plot.

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Jun 6, 2024

The scenes never really left the building and it felt monotonous. Ended abruptly. Just felt kinda grossed out by the idea of it but no true emotion came from the film.

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Mark B

@Mbindon Feb 24, 2024

This is not creepy it is just gratuitous. Not a good movie at all. What a waste of Christopher Lee. Do not waste your time.

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Julie R

@JulieDR Jul 3, 2023

Wow this was bad. I watch anything starring Hillary Swank, but I suppose every great actor has done at least one awful film.

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Synopsis

A landlord becomes obsessed with a doctor (Hilary Swank) who moves into his building.

Director: Antti J. Jokinen
Producer: Tobin Armbrust, Cary Brokaw, Guy East, Simon Oakes, Vicki Dee Rock, Jillian Longnecker
Screenwriter: Antti J. Jokinen, Robert Orr
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Production Co: Hammer Film Productions Limited, Exclusive Media
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality/Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2011
Runtime: 1h 31m

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