The Host
After a concealed nemesis wipes out peoples memory and starts controlling them, Melanie thinks love is the only option to eradicate this dangerous situation.
19 February 1985, Porcupine, South Dakota, USA
11 May 1952, Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
12 April 1994, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1985, Camden, London, England, UK
20 March 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
August 24, 1984 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
11 December 1987, Australia
15 July 1976, Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
27 September 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 December 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
13 April 1973, New York City, New York, USA
1 September 1981, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA
July 16, 2013
The Host fails as a romance, but it also struggles as an adventure film. The body-snatching angle has been done before, and the aliens... aren't menacing enough.
March 29, 2013
[A] bizarre Saturday Night Live sketch about a girl with a bratty alien inside her.
March 29, 2013
Fear and dread of "the other" have long ruled American science fiction, fantasy, suspense thrillers and politics... How jarring then, and refreshing, to see The Host... take the invaders' point of view.
July 10, 2013
Oh, the silly movies we must endure. "The Host" is perhaps one of the most brain-dead sci-fi love stories to come along in many years.
April 12, 2016
Kind of like watching a toddler assemble a high-end bookcase.
March 29, 2013
This is pretty silly stuff, Twi-lite if you will, but played with maximum solemnity, no discernible humor and minimal excitement.
March 29, 2013
The Host isn't very good as a romance. There's not very much passion on screen, which makes the film a poor cousin to Twilight.
October 09, 2013
Those who found Twilight nauseating will find The Host has the same overlong runtime, cornball characters, and artificially pumped up romantic stakes.
May 13, 2013
It's all very confusing, and not very interesting.
March 29, 2013
The Host's infelicities-drab dialogue, ridiculous plotting, more emotional crises than there is story-are enlivened by its thematic eccentricities.
May 22, 2013
What sort of worked on the page crashes and burns on the screen, as even an actress of Ronan's caliber can't make these self-debates anything but ridiculous.
March 29, 2013
The movie's structure is awkward. There's no real narrative thrust.
