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The Perfect Host
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, it becomes obvious the host is not what he first appears.
8 February 1949, Hong Kong
13 June 1956, USA
25 October 1941, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
18 May 1962, London, England, UK
13 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 August 1981, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
23 December 1981, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
29 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 April 1959, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
11 March 1977, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
January 14, 2012
The Perfect Host is a welcome sherbet between the many more weighty films currently playing.
December 27, 2011
Suffers for being too clever and convoluted despite being so witty.
March 02, 2013
Nick Tomnay's The Perfect Host manages to take a rather simple premise and do something rather inventive and refreshing with it.
December 29, 2011
It's a film, not a play, and it doesn't work.
July 01, 2011
Ultimately breaks down under the weight of too many characters and unbelievable twists.
February 10, 2012
The plot isn't believable, but it sure is fun. It skewers expectations and has a lot of unexpected turns.
July 01, 2011
Around every corner is a new twist, a strategically placed misdirection or another switch of predator and prey. But while the gamesmanship is satisfying in moderation, it becomes a little monotonous in excess.
June 30, 2011
Not even Mr. Pierce's best efforts can make sense of a character who by the end of the film seems to be a completely different person with the same name.
June 22, 2013
This is not the type of movie whose inherent dopiness angers or frustrates. You just sort of giggle at the kids having fun.
July 01, 2011
What aims for Hitchcockian slyness ends up an inconsequential jumble in the comedy thriller "The Perfect Host."
July 01, 2011
Crawford radiates charisma, and Pierce sells even the nuttiest moments.
