The Lodger

2009 Mystery & Suspense

Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin director David Ondaatje takes his love for the "Master of Suspense" to the next logical step with this updating of the 1926 Alfred Hitchcock classic which shifts the action from turn-of-the-century London to contemporary Los Angeles. Adapted from the same Marie Belloc Lowndes novel that inspired the early Hitchcock effort, Ondaatje's thriller follows a mysterious lodger suspected of being a vicious copycat killer.

Director: David Ondaatje

Starring: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Simon Baker, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook

 15 Reviews  1 Awards

Reviews

  • 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.

    Scott Tobias - The A.V. Club

    27 April 2013

  • The film might amuse some, especially fans of Alfred Hitchcock, but is likely to annoy almost everyone else.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 April 2013

  • The biggest mystery, perhaps, is why accomplished actors such as Molina and Hope Davis agreed to be in this.

    - Los Angeles Times

    27 April 2013

  • What needed to be a taut, structurally sound psychothriller instead malfunctions from the start.

    - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • A good cast can't save The Lodger, the utterly wrongheaded fourth movie version of a 1910 novel inspired by Jack the Ripper.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Low Budget Feature - Drama/Comedy

    Casting Society of America (2009)

     

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