It takes guts to remake what many believe to be Hitchcock's first masterpiece, but what Ondaatje's done with The Lodger could not be mistaken for ambition.
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The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
The film might amuse some, especially fans of Alfred Hitchcock, but is likely to annoy almost everyone else.
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Variety
Variety
What needed to be a taut, structurally sound psychothriller instead malfunctions from the start.
Prostitutes are not the only things butchered in The Lodger, a spooky story ruined by lumpen dialogue, cloddish performances and a director and writer (David Ondaatje) oblivious to both.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Filled with second-rate Brian DePalma twists, noirishly blurred lights and usually solid actors mouthing potboiler brine, The Lodger resembles bottom-shelf '80s dreck.