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The Tenants

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Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) lives in a decrepit apartment building and spends his days banging away at a typewriter in an attempt to finish his third novel. Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), also a struggling novelist and an illegal squatter in the building, occasionally asks Henry's professional advice. Antagonism between the two men increases as each tries to finish his book before the other does.
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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Feb 9, 2006
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. Go to Full Review Kyle Smith New York Post Feb 3, 2006
2.5/4
Snoop Dogg and Bernard Malamud don't often pop up in the same sentence, but they make an effective combination in a quiet little indie called The Tenants. Go to Full Review Jack Mathews New York Daily News Feb 3, 2006
1.5/4
Unremittingly bleak and hopelessly outdated. Go to Full Review Kam Williams DallasBlack.com May 20, 2007
3/4
The stripped-down production looks more like a play than a movie, but all the actors do a decent job with a script which turns increasingly preposterous at every turn. Go to Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
There's little that's right about The Tenants. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Mar 18, 2006
1/4
...a thoroughly dated and hopelessly irrelevant piece of work... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mar 31, 2013 i so saw the ending coming, and it sucks like a hoover, the rest of it was interesting though See more Dec 7, 2012 Throw a card at that fool! See more Apr 16, 2011 Interesting 70s piece with two writers as the main characters. Not only did it make me daydream again about being Lorraine Hansberry in a flat on the upper West side in the 1950s, but it actually made me think that Snoop Dog might really be serious about his acting career... See more Nov 8, 2009 really i didnt know about this movie untill soon wow what a great movie and performing from snoop and dylan ..... great See more Nov 1, 2009 Now this is a movie that tries to be artistic but fails to be even a close one. Simply the movie is about two writers and how they become enemies of eachother. The movie is really boring and if you are not fully awake do not watch it because you will fell sleep. See more Aug 7, 2009 Not a terrible flick. See more Read all reviews
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Danny Green

Director

Dylan McDermott

Harry Lesser

Snoop Dogg

Willie Spearmint

Rose Byrne

Irene Bell

Niki J. Crawford

Mary Kettlesmith

Aldis Hodge

Sam Clemence

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Synopsis Harry Lesser (Dylan McDermott) lives in a decrepit apartment building and spends his days banging away at a typewriter in an attempt to finish his third novel. Willie Spearmint (Snoop Dogg), also a struggling novelist and an illegal squatter in the building, occasionally asks Henry's professional advice. Antagonism between the two men increases as each tries to finish his book before the other does.
Director
Danny Green
Producer
Avi Lerner, Chris Bongirne, Randall Emmett, Heidi Jo Markel
Screenwriter
Danny Green, David Diamond
Production Co
Millennium Films
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 25, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Feb 3, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.0K
Runtime
1h 35m
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