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The Intruder

  • 1999
  • Unrated
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
944
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The Intruder (1999)
DramaMysteryRomanceThriller

Catherine meets, marries and moves in with widower Nick. Strange things start happening to her in his apartment. Is she just imagining it or. . .Catherine meets, marries and moves in with widower Nick. Strange things start happening to her in his apartment. Is she just imagining it or. . .Catherine meets, marries and moves in with widower Nick. Strange things start happening to her in his apartment. Is she just imagining it or. . .

  • Director
    • David Bailey
  • Writers
    • Jamie Brown
    • Brooke Leimas
    • Paul Mayersberg
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Charles Edwin Powell
    • Nastassja Kinski
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    944
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Bailey
    • Writers
      • Jamie Brown
      • Brooke Leimas
      • Paul Mayersberg
    • Stars
      • Charlotte Gainsbourg
      • Charles Edwin Powell
      • Nastassja Kinski
    • 13User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Charlotte Gainsbourg
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    • Catherine Girard
    Charles Edwin Powell
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    • Nick Girard
    • (as Charles Powell)
    Nastassja Kinski
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    • Badge Muller
    Molly Parker
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    • (as Marianne Therien)
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      • David Bailey
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      • Jamie Brown
      • Brooke Leimas
      • Paul Mayersberg
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    4chuckewe

    Too convoluted and leaves one lacking!

    After reading one of the other reviews, I opted to give this film a try. Boy was I disappointed. My Dish network guide which only gives ratings up to four stars, gave this one a 2+ star rank. After watching it, I can only shake my head and wonder why. The premise of the movie, a woman coming into the police station and confesses to crime which occurred two years earlier. The hook, she couldn't have done the crime as she claims she just committed the crime the day she walks into the police station.

    I don't want to disclose the ending, or be a spoiler, so I won't go there. But suffice it to say there are so many red herrings, convoluted twists, and down right silly plot lines, that the films surpasses the point of absurdity. You find yourself not caring any longer about the characters, and only wishing the film would end. This film tries to breach a number of different genre's including mystery, thriller, horror and science fiction. Sadly, the mix rather than becoming an intriguing stew, becomes a weak broth leaving the viewer unfulfilled.
    1Quidsane

    This was torture...

    I cannot comprehend how films this bad get made, what with all the time, money and effort that goes into film-making. Didn't anyone (the director, the producer, the editors) WATCH the film??? Couldn't they SEE how bad it was??? It contains some of the WORST acting I have ever seen. Reminded me of one of those "adult" films that Showtime broadcasts late at night. Just simply awful. I still can't believe that Nastassja Kinski agreed to be a part of this. Fortunately for us, David Bailey hasn't directed another feature-length film since! Avoid this piece of crap at ALL COSTS. Better yet, BUY every copy you can find, both the VHS and the DVD (I guarantee you this will be in the El Cheapo Clearance Dump Bins all over the world), and destroy them to spare the rest of humanity from this atrocity...
    5fookoo

    unbelievable!!!

    There is sufficient tension generated in the film to make one want to watch it through its end, even if the explanation is pure science fiction. Nastassja Kinski has a nice role in which she can appear to be glamorous and rich. She plays it straight because there is no other way to play it. The bulk of the picture is told in flashback, right from the beginning with numerous red herrings that seem to have been in season. Now, let's see, how did that blood end up on Catherine's face? That is the key to the movie. Or as Sherlock Holmes would say: when you have eliminated everything else, what is left must be the truth?
    dbdumonteil

    Umpteenth version of Rebecca.

    Girl(Gainsbourg) marries boy whose first wife has passed away in mysterious circumstances.But did she really die?Her spirit ,her soul,seems to linger here in the luxury flat which the newly -weds share.And everybody's talking about the dear departed,besides the cleaning operative is sinister-looking.Doesn't it sound familiar?

    "Gaslight" (Dickinson,1940;Cukor,1944)is plundered as well,as Gainsbourg begins to feel she's losing her mind.But the screen play has also metaphysical pretensions and even involves quantum physics. David Bailey's direction is self-conscious,and the cinematography "chic magazine" style,with a lot of snow all over the place.

    Charlotte Gainsbourg surely deserved better than this two-bit thriller and Nastassia Kinski is wasted.The ending ,far-fetched to a fault ,includes the de rigueur "and if...", maybe in anticipation of "The intruder 2"

    A busker,playing the saxophone comes back from time to time;the connection with the plot escapes me,I fear..
    5pawprivate

    Fairly Good Film, Fairly Bad Sound Quality

    This film is yet another example of the less than adequate sound quality in many imports. This film has dialogue that counts, it deserves theatrical level sound - not the shoddy system that is all too common in Two Left Feet Corp. imports. There is a nice streak of relativistic sci-fi, and as in Event Horizon et al - it's amazing how all arguments about relativistic time can be solved by folding a piece of paper! If Only! The acting is reasonable - except for the worst impression of a lawyer I have ever seen! I think that this guy had the script in his lap! Oh Well - if nothing else on the shelf grabs you - this is worth the rent - but rental ONLY!

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    • Trivia
      Final movie directed, as of 2023, by David Bailey.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Shapito-shou: Uvazhenie i sotrudnichestvo (2011)

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    • Release date
      • November 19, 1999 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El intruso
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • GFT Kingsborough Films
      • Steve Walsh Productions
      • Studio Eight Productions
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    • Budget
      • $4,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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