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| Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2007 |
Starring:
Hae-il Park, Hie-bong Byeon, Kang-ho Song
Summary:
Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects, The Host is both a creature-feature thrill ride and a poignant human drama. (Magnolia Pictures)
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With a subversive streak as wide as the Han and a title open to interpretation, The Host confounds our expectations while providing top-notch entertainment. For Bong, the monster movie is an ample vessel, one that he can fill with social criticism while discovering exuberant amusement in the process.
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The first 20 minutes of the South Korean film The Host represents one of the most entertaining movie openings in memory. It's the same kind of pop-culture thrill provided by Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," with the same sense of astonishment, fear and pleasure at something genuinely new.
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Mar 8, 2007
The Host is a loose, almost borderline messy film, one that sometimes feels like a mash-up of contrasting, at times warring movies, methods and moods. Mr. Bong would as soon have us shriek with laughter as with fright. But it
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Mar 24, 2007
Held my interest from start to finish. Best monster movie I've seen, with good glimpses of modern South Korea, to boot. This is a monster with intelligence and wit.
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Oct 5, 2007
I recently said to someone that a good creature movie had not been made in a very long time. This movie made me take that back, and then some. Fantastic film.
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Feb 13, 2009
To put it simply; sickening, overrated, chilling, deathly, yet captivating at the same time. Best monster movie ever? I think not. Good monster movie. Just barely.
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Dec 14, 2007
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Sep 7, 2007
What looked like a promising film turned into a boring, dumb story with no suspense or terror. I don't see how this was well reviewed. Bad acting, silly characters....too bad.
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Aug 13, 2007
Probably the worst overrated movie of all time.
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