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03/10/07
The Host (2007)
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Reviews Counted:141
Fresh:130
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
Genre: Foreign Films
US 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... [More]
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Byun Hee-bong, Bae Hae-il, Bae Doo-na
Director: Oh Bong-Joon
Reviews for The Host
1 - 20 (sorted by rotten rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticIn 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
Top CriticThe creature is aquatic, acrobatic but definitely not angelic, in this idiosyncratic mix of creature feature and horror thriller, with a dash of slapstick, and a pinch of black humour.
03/01/07
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03/24/07
Top CriticImplausibles become inane in this Godzilla Jr. jubilee, something just right for the DVD cheapie bins.
03/08/07
Without a lot of chills, and not much in the way of humor, I wouldn't say rush out to see this.
03/13/07
...filmmaker Bong Joon-ho bogs the proceedings down with an egregiously overlong running time and an unwarranted (and unwanted) emphasis on the political ramifications of the monster's existence.
09/21/06
The problem with the film is that the sum isn't greater than the parts and the pieces don't fuse in a way that's consistently pleasing or cinematically satisfying.
03/09/07
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07/14/07
In the tradition of its underfunded forebears, "The Host" does have its flat moments, most of them huddled together in the middle of the movie; but it also has true genre fizz and conviction, and some interesting ideas.
03/09/07
Sort of scary? Maybe. Gleefully humorous with a wink toward the tradition of bad monster movies? Not enough.
03/22/07
Some of the film is a lot of fun. The rest is way too long.
11/17/06
Monster movies don't often stomp their way into theaters these days, and the entertaining yet vacant Korean film "The Host" provides a reason why: Even when they're well executed, they're still sort of lame.
04/04/07
Can 93% of American movie critics be wrong? On the soft and squishy Rotten Tomatoes website, an amazing 70 out of 75 critics gave a thumbs up to The Host, a hokey South Korean monster movie that makes Godzilla look like The Godfather.
03/15/07
Maybe this is actually a treatise on the dissonance between East and West, science and nature, promise and tragedy. Nah. It's just a dumb, crappy horror movie that wants to be celebrated as such.
03/23/07
The Host mixes bittersweet humor and horrifying monster antics in a way that would be almost unimaginable for any modern American film.
03/08/07
A thrilling ride and a sometimes dry, sometimes sweet comedy, but beneath all that is a humane and tragic view of life worthy of the greatest films. Even those without rubber monsters.
03/07/07
An absolutely corking giant monster movie, told with more panache and verve than anything since the lean and hungry glory days of Spielberg.
03/07/07
...relentlessly entertaining.
03/08/07
I have never seen anything like "The Host," a terrifying East Asian monster movie that is as funny as it is grotesque %u2014 almost a subversion of the entire genre
03/30/07
Latest News for The Host
September 02, 2009:
First Look: The Host 2 
Eager for an early glimpse of one of the monsters you'll see in "The Host 2"? Twitch has what you're looking for. More...
March 18, 2009:
Bong Joon-ho Discusses Upcoming Projects
Director Bong Joon-ho isn't involved with the upcoming sequel to his hit monster movie "The Host," but he does have a number of other projects in the pipeline -- including "an... More...
November 19, 2008:
The Host Is Coming to America
According to Bong Joon-ho, director of "The Host," Universal has purchased the American rights to his film, and the studio is planning a remake for U.S. audiences. More...
June 26, 2008:
The Host 2 Filming in Early '09
Director Ning Hao will helm and script a Chinese sequel to the Korean box-office smash The Host, scheduled to film early next year. More...
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