The Intruder

It's fun! Is it brilliant or groundbreaking? No.

The Intruder succeeds in making this scenario less blatantly paranoid and misanthropic than it often appears... It also helps that Quaid, showing remarkable dedication to the role, jumps effortlessly between magnanimous old fool and evil.

Iit's high time Quaid truly embraced the role of a real horror-movie psycho, and the key pleasure of... The Intruder lies in watching the actor bounce among extremes of charm, anxiety, chumminess, and madness.

A thriller filled with unnecessary relationship drama that goes nowhere and a message about gun violence that's instantly tossed aside. Dennis Quaid is the one saving grace.

[All]I kept thinking about as I walked home was just how angry those last few seconds ended up making me.

This formulaic suspense/thriller with its toxic mix of obsession, anger and fear covers no new ground. What could happen that you haven't seen before? Not much.

It's a wild thrill ride... over-the-top.

It's hard to say if Quaid's performance is career-ending or a career highlight in a decade that's seen him in a Footloose remake and two talking-dog movies.

The in-between stuff isn't nearly as sharp, mostly tepid suggestions at some kind of marinating psychosis threatening to explode at some very distant point.

The Intruder is basically 'the Dennis Quaid show,' and he delivers with a full tilt showcase.