Plot Summary
Set in 1972 Brooklyn, Henry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) is the sole tenant in a rundown tenement struggling to finish a novel. His solitary pursuit of the sublime grows complicated when Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), a black militant writer, moves into the building. Henry and Willie are artistic rivals and unwilling neighbors, and their uneasy peace is disturbed by the presence of Willie's white girlfriend and the landlord's attempt to evict both men and demolish the building.
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Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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32%- Reviews Counted: 19
- Fresh: 6
- Rotten: 13
- Average Rating: 4.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: The message about race relations in America conveyed by this choppy and psychologically cauterized screen adaptation of Bernard Malamud's 1971 novel is dire.
Rotten: [The Tenants] keeps grimly glued to its one-note premise, relieved by nary a glimmer of humor, surprise or personality.
Rotten: Alternately tedious and bombastic, the film never achieves a consistent tone, and the characters and situations, while seemingly played on a realistic level, are neither remotely credible nor satisfyingly surreal.
Rotten: Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated.
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Good movie liked it alot
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 2006
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