Rotten
This is pretty silly stuff, Twi-lite if you will, but played with maximum solemnity, no discernible humor and minimal excitement.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
The Host
Choose to believe. Choose to fight. Choose to love.
2013 · 2h 6m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Andrew Niccol
Overview
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
Director and cast
- Andrew Niccol Director
- Saoirse Ronan as Melanie Stryder / Wanda
- Diane Kruger as The Seeker / Lacey
- Max Irons as Jared Howe
- Jake Abel as Ian O'Shea
- William Hurt as Jeb Stryder
- Frances Fisher as Maggie Stryder
- Chandler Canterbury as Jamie Stryder
- Boyd Holbrook as Kyle O'Shea
- Stephen Rider as Seeker Reed
- Alex Russell as Seeker Burns
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
10%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[A] bizarre Saturday Night Live sketch about a girl with a bratty alien inside her.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
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.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
The movie's structure is awkward. There's no real narrative thrust.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
The Host's infelicities-drab dialogue, ridiculous plotting, more emotional crises than there is story-are enlivened by its thematic eccentricities.
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
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