The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

The basic setup of THE TENANT uses a classic genre plot-line. To its credit, the production has added some twists and turns that make the movie not only very innovative, but well-timed, too. The acting and cinematography were also superb. What I don't get is that despite the top-notch reviews from the world's top horror web-sites, some IMDb geeks are unjustly slamming this movie with unqualified and vicious comments. As this movie has only been released in the USA, based on their locations, these people must be viewing it as a pirated, illegal download. Shame on you, and please return to your village as its idiot is missing...

Do not waste your time with this film. I usually find some saving grace in films that others term awful but not with this one. It was almost interesting at the beginning of the backstory, but then that backstory took 40 minutes to tell, about 30 minutes too long with an awful character like the Dr. The character was very unbelievable. How can someone so "simple" (as they called in in the description) become an MD in the first place, much less one who is conducting scientific research. The character was just plain stupid, you couldn't understand his actions and therefore couldn't have any kind of connection with him.The second half (present day) was worse. The only character I felt I could connect with was the leading female. All the rest were poorly written. There is absolutely no suspense. Do not waste your valuable time. I would have given it 0 stars if possible.

You know a film is bad when the producers get reviews deleted and post their own glowing reviews. All the good reviews here are from persons from Florida...hmmm!This film has serious identity issues, despite paying homage to films like 'It's Alive', 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', 'Frankenstein' etc, the writer/director is clearly devoid of any originality and throws cliché after cliché at the audience. It also goes from being gory and serious to comedic and back again.It misses the only opportunity of originality again when a group of deaf (and seemingly mute) children show up. Instead of using their disability as an interesting new twist on old conventions, they are instead treated as sheep who are merely there to slow down and impede the others. The plot also has two 'halves', which means you get to spend twice as long getting to know two groups of unrealistic characters. Some of the acting and dialogue literally had me laughing out loud. Some ridiculous casting choices are made, a balding, one legged Barney Rubble type is married to a hot woman. Some of the inmates at the mental asylum are...hot women. I'm certain a guy was the casting director here. The 'hero' is one of the most unlikeable characters I've ever come across and appears to have the intelligence and personality of an immature schoolchild. I'm uncertain of the budget but the film is fairly well shot and the special effects and sets are pretty good. It's just a shame that this creature feature suffers from multiple personalities and is let down by a terrible script and some bad acting along with some of the most hateable characters ever captured on film. A totally shambolic effort. The creators of this film should be ashamed and crawl away quietly from this rubbish.***I've had to re-submit this, as worse than writing false reviews about their own movie, the creators are getting bad reviews pulled due to being 'abusive', how pathetically sad.***

Been reading these reviews and It is very funny how obvious some of these trolls are, lol.I was told this film was finally out on DVD, but I guess not just yet..., I had seen it in Orlando at one of their screenings and I thought it was a solid flick. It wasn't perfect, but it was a great throwback to the old "scientist and monster" films that Hammer studios used to put out. No it wasn't a quick cut, ADD crap film like the ones we see weekly, or one that the retarded SAW fan boys will like. But it was a well constructed, well shot, and actually a well acted film. For the budget, it is quite an achievement. Unfortunately some of the younger "horror" fans might not like the pace, or the fact that the film actually has character development...but, please, if you do wonder around here looking for a review... (and if you are..why?, these forums are mostly infected by morons with nothing to do) do yourself a favor and go to a legit review site, not a forum.Again, THE TENANT is good solid effort, and one that plays out very well with a crowd, as I witnessed. Check it out when it comes out....ah, and please don't download illegally!!!, wait for the damn film to come out!