The Stranger (1991)

Date	User	Rating
Aug 17, 2021	Seethruskin	5 _80th
The colours really pop here. One of Ray's best looking films. The dance scene at the end hits hard.
Jun 24, 2020	Nepeta	80 _68th
An enjoyable little tale, with intrigue, some lovely musical numbers, and gorgeous cinematography; the colours really pop in every scene, making watching everything unfold a very pleasant experience. The film is held back for me by a feeling of it meandering a bit too much, and whilst the dance scene at the end of the film is wonderful the final scene that follows it felt kind of trite to me and makes me wish that The Stranger would ultimately have a bit more of a bite to it.
Feb 16, 2020	Lonewolf2003	80 _79th
Ray's last movie is humanist reflection on what "identity" and "civilization" is, but a bit too talkative to be up there with his best.
Feb 16, 2020	chengming	60 _35th
What's the point of making movies if you just have dialogue? Never can get into this tell-don't-show-filmmaking. The ending is atrocious - overly pathetic and countermanding the message of the rest of the film ("Be nice to strangers cause then you will get a lot of money").
Mar 15, 2019	napolenbrady	91 _84th
90.50
Sep 01, 2016	Nathan S	4 _74th
Exactly the sort of sage humanism one expects from the late-life apotheosis of a filmmaker like Satyajit Ray. A sequence near the end, when the spurned uncle shares with his family the viewing of an indigenous tribal dance ritual, absolutely crushes me.
May 12, 2013	mandy	6 _44th
Slow paced, gentle, humane, a little ponderous but worth it in the end.
Feb 20, 2009	paulofilmo	77 _97th
I fucking love you, Satyajit Ray. A reasonably gentle identity parable simmers beneath each scene, and climaxes with explorations into the philosophies of culture; anthropology and ethnography. I watched it again after about five years, and the dance scene still chokes me up--I didn't think it would. The whole film builds to it with reverent patience.

Average Percentile 68.56% from 98 Ratings