The Host
A hidden enemy is controlling humans and wiping away their memories. Melanie is on a quest to make people realize that love is the only way to cope with this risky situation.
15 July 1976, Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
17 October 1985, Camden, London, England, UK
27 September 1982, Lisbon, Portugal
1 September 1981, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, USA
26 December 1970
April 12, 2016
Kind of like watching a toddler assemble a high-end bookcase.
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
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.
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 Host's infelicities-drab dialogue, ridiculous plotting, more emotional crises than there is story-are enlivened by its thematic eccentricities.
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.
March 29, 2013
The movie's structure is awkward. There's no real narrative thrust.
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
This is pretty silly stuff, Twi-lite if you will, but played with maximum solemnity, no discernible humor and minimal excitement.
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.
