Fresh
As ebullient and bizarre as a monster that can do back flips, leaving the viewer in a shock of delight.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The Host
Man has made his newest predator.
2006 · 2h · R
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bong Joon Ho
Overview
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Director and cast
- Bong Joon Ho Director
- Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du
- Byeon Hie-bong as Park Hie-bong
- Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong
- Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il
- Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo
- Ko A-sung as Park Hyun-seo
- Oh Dal-su as The Monster (voice)
- Lee Jae-eung as Se-jin
- Lee Dong-ho as Se-joo
- Yoon Je-moon as Homeless Man
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A horror thriller, a political satire, a dysfunctional family comedy, and a touching melodrama, Bong Joon-ho's The Host is also one helluva monster movie.
Jim Emerson, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Bravely shifting tones from the horrific to the slapstick and back again, Bong Joon-ho has made a movie that's comprised almost equally of family sitcom, political indictment, high-urban paranoia and maximum-geek, monster-movie delight.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Fresh
Rarely plays out the way you expect. Director Bong is careful to deliver the promised scares, but he is also willing to overlook plot formulas to explore his own interests.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
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.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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