Fresh
Liberal guilt, with a few good laughs, a lot of frantic activity, and the occasional backfire.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Overview
At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An elder spokesman of New Hollywood's vanguard, former editor Hal Ashby's debut film keeps veering away from expectations and easy answers.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Beau Bridges heads the uniformly excellent cast as a bored rich youth who buys a black ghetto apartment building and learns something about life.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The Landlord remains one of the funniest social comedies of the period, as well as the most human.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh
It's a compelling and adventurous spectacle, which feels simultaneously like a time capsule and a crucial influence on such recent films as The Royal Tenenbaums and Half Nelson.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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