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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

3/20/2021

The Occupant (2020)

Javier has been out of work for about a year. He has to give up his beautiful home, his wife must take a low-wage job in retail, and his son must leave private school. Javier is not alright with this. When he realizes he still has keys to their old apartment, he lets himself in and helps himself to information about the new tenants.

It's a good thriller with the nifty device of having us watch through the eyes of the sociopath rather than through those of whom he's manipulating. It's kind of the same vantage point we had in Parasite, but with straight-up thriller vibes rather than any comedy.

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