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The Host Reviews

2006

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The Park family seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life; well, maybe a little poorer than the average Seoul citizens. Park Hee-bong (played by Byun Hee-bong) is a man in his late 60s running a small snack bar on the banks of the Seoul's Han River and, living with his two sons, daughter and granddaughter. Hee-bong's .. Read more

Starring	Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Bae Du-Na, Ko Ah-sung
Director	Bong Joon-ho
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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- To put across the idea for his new movie, Memories of Murder director Bong Joon-Ho stuck a cut-out of the Loch... read more on Time Out
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- - Trevor Johnston
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  - 08 Sep 2009 at 00:59
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  - 5
  The Host
  
  A small riverside village in South Korea is attacked by a monster. Among the dead is 13 year old Park Hyun-seo (Ko). Her distraught Father (Song), Grandfather (... read more »
  
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  - Tonbridge
  - 02 Dec 2006 at 20:28
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  The Host
  
  Great .Enjoyable action/horror with humour very well written film that is well constructed also the main actors and the relationships between them where very ... read more »
  
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- - Kronic
  - 57 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 20 Apr 2012 at 15:44
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  Sometimes a funny film aimed at general viewing
  
  An entertaining and sometimes funny film aimed at general viewing rather than horror fans. It does seem to go on longer than needed and reading white letterered... read more »
  
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- - TeamGregg
  - 6 reviews
  - 04 Sep 2011 at 18:15
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  Ho, Ho, Host....
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  An enjoyable monster movie, very much in the vein of Godzilla.
  
  This funny Korean film Show the life of a 'dead-beat' dad who runs a small ... read more »
  
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  - panicattack
  - 10 reviews
  - Sunderland
  - 04 Jul 2011 at 14:34
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  - 4
  One of the worst ever !!
  
  Absolute tripe - you will need a frontal lobotomy to be able to sit through the full 2 hours of this.
  
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- - celluloidavenger
  - 4 reviews
  - 31 May 2011 at 15:48
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  The Host - very interesting
  
  Unlike some of your reviewers, I found this a very good and entertaining little movie.Bearing in mind that it cost a minor percentage of some the cr*p from ... read more »
  
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- - Gman54
  - 29 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Feb 2011 at 08:15
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  Funny and enjoyable
  
  I found this to be very well realised, the performances were all good and the tone wasupbeat and pacy all the way through. An old fashioned style of monster ... read more »
  
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  - Bucks
  - 14 Jan 2011 at 14:10
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  - 4
  Quite bad
  
  Didn't like this film. The story isnt great, the dubbing makes it seem ridiculous , as if it's taking the pesche. There is no suspense as you see the ... read more »
  
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- - pilchardman
  - 24 reviews
  - edinburgh
  - 29 Oct 2010 at 11:36
- - 3
  - 0
  A monster movie actually about something
  
  The Host is another film from one of the most exciting filmmakers in South Korea today, Bong Joon-Ho. Here he deconstructs the classic monster movie and ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 25 Oct 2010 at 16:31
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  Horror with a sprinkle of Comedy
  
  Asian horror in recent times has brought a new ingredient to the run of the mill western horrors of late, in this case the koreans haven't necessarily ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Oct 2010 at 22:09
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  AWESOME
  
  Great film, good belnd of humour and horror. The special effects are also very good.
  
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  - 23 Sep 2010 at 13:10
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- - 67
  - 5
  The Host
  
  A small riverside village in South Korea is attacked by a monster. Among the dead is 13 year old Park Hyun-seo (Ko). Her distraught Father (Song), Grandfather (... read more »
  
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- 391209
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  - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 02 Dec 2006 at 20:28
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  - 9
  Jaws/jurassic park spot on
  
  Good old fashioned monster movie , cgi effects can be a bit dodgy but hold up enough to not ruin the experience , Good stuff!!!!
  
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- - sakuraba1982
  - 116 reviews
  - Dover
  - 15 Aug 2007 at 08:24
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  - 6
  Something more that the average monster flick
  
  The monster is on display more or less from the beginning. The start of the much talked-about rampage is startling, not because the monster creeps along and ... read more »
  
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- - sp4ngle
  - 7 reviews
  - Chester
  - 12 Mar 2007 at 13:37
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  - 3
  Rubbish!
  
  !!!SPOILER ALERT!!!
  
  This monster movie had such great potential, and when I saw a teaser I was really interested. Unfortunately, the film lacks ... read more »
  
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- - Mickey Mouse
  - Dorset, England
  - 09 Oct 2007 at 23:57
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  Subtitled
  
  I can't really rate this film as it was in a different language with English subtitles...
  
  My own fault for not reading the description properly, ... read more »
  
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- - CHRIS
  - Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
  - 10 Jan 2008 at 13:39
- - 14
  - 3
  Not What You Would Expect...
  
  The Host, in my humble opinion, is a good piece of Korean cinema. Although it was sold to me more as a horror/monster movie I was not disappointed to find that ... read more »
  
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- - Kelly
  - Dorset
  - 09 Jul 2007 at 07:48
- - 12
  - 3
  Great flick
  
  Saw this on the plane while travelling. This is a real 'B-grade' gem. Some lovely twists in the plot, and I loved the scenes where the amphibous ... read more »
  
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- - Jas
  - Market Harborough, UK
  - 11 Mar 2007 at 17:55
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  BEWARE - BAD PLOT AND SUBTITLES
  
  Worst film I've seen this century, I had to switch it off half way through as I thought it would be more exciting slamming my car door on my fingers.
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- - SlimShady
  - 1 review
  - Chester
  - 11 Jan 2008 at 21:28
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  - 2
  korean with eng subs
  
  sorry , korean does not do it for me , even though there are subs, too hard for me to get into
  
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- - a customer
  - ebay
  - 31 May 2008 at 15:17
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  - 9
  Ok for Koreans and hard of hearing
  
  This movie is a Korean film with English subtitles. Great fun! I'll stick to the English language.
  
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  - Dunfermline
  - 12 Dec 2007 at 11:01

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  The Park family seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life; well, maybe a little poorer than the average Seoul citizens. Park Hee-bong (played by Byun Hee-bong) is a man in his late 60s running a small snack bar on the banks of the Seoul's Han River and, living with his two sons, daughter and ...