The Host (2007)
92 %
Reviews Counted: 138 Fresh: 127 Rotten:11 Average Rating: 7.7/10
Consensus:
As populace pleasing as it is intellectually satisfying, The Host combines scares, laughs, and satire into a riveting, monster movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 9, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $2,010,000
Synopsis: The talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival, THE HOST, the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, has already garnered a substantial amount of international buzz. Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects courtesy of a creative... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Byun Hee-bong, Bae Hae-il, Bae Doo-na, Ko A-sung
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This monster movie from the Republic of Korea is one of the best films of its kind.
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07/14/08
Minor flaws in a film destined to be embraced by genre fans worldwide.
06/24/08
Imagine Little Miss Sunshine and Alien mixed together and you'll have an inkling of what South Korea's The Host has in store for you.
01/18/08
A rather tender-hearted, often sorrowful, more often hilarious view on the familial conflicts between generations and between siblings.
09/27/07
Joon-ho Bong effectue un pied de nez pour le moins renversant à une formule attribuant ordinairement une force psychologique surhumaine à ses protagonistes
09/21/07
If the slow pacing and gawky acting seem typical of low-budget monster movies, so much the better.
08/14/07
Más que una simple película de monstruos, un raro ejemplo de entretenimiento, drama familiar, crítica política y social y humor muy, muy bizarro.
08/08/07
like a mutant hybrid spawned from the improbable union of Little Miss Sunshine and Godzilla; for in this family comedy and political satire an unnaturally evolved tadpole just happens to loom (very) large.
07/09/07
The Host is a decent little monster movie that fans of the genre should enjoy.
06/25/07
a terrific popcorn movie that ... contains equal parts humor, horror and drama and turns out to be a thoroughly enjoyable "creature" movie that also contains an underlying environmental message.
05/07/07
In spite of its assorted lumpy bits, this is a far more successful monster movie than any creature feature Hollywood has churned out in a LONG time
04/24/07
Director/co-writer Bong Joon-ho has a lot of fun with the premise, infusing political commentary into the tale of a family brought together by tragedy.
04/22/07
A self-aware throwback to the giant ants and nuclear-spawned mutant movies of the 1950s...
04/20/07
Mixes the chemically enhanced intensity of a Godzilla sequel with the single-minded mission status of Harold and Kumar.
04/19/07
Both fun and thought-provoking, but it's just not the instant classic it's being hailed as.
04/11/07
The origin of the film's amphibious creature may be firmly planted at the doorstep of U.S. hubris, but The Host is strictly populist fare, ironically owing much to the best of American blockbusters.
04/10/07
It packs an emotional kick that we don't expect from a movie where a giant iguana is running around with human legs dangling out of his mouth like stray pieces of linguini.
04/06/07
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