The Host (2013)

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  • Opened March 29, 2013 
  • 2 hr 5 min
  • PG-13 | Some sensuality and violence

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+. More on child suitability

  • What if everything you love was taken from you in the blink of an eye? "The Host" is the next epic love story from the creator of the "Twilight Saga," worldwide bestselling author, Stephenie Meyer. When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about — Jared (Max Irons), Ian (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt) , proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Chandler Canterbury, Diane Kruger, Frances Fisher, William Hurt
  • Director: Andrew Niccol
  • Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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close to book

by thorsday<3

this movie is getting lots of criticism , and while i understand this you cant nit-pick everything. i loved this book and obsessed about it FOREVER.... and to be honest they did pretty good. yes the...

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Absolutely Awful, yet Thoroughly Entertained

by BigAl1919

This was the worst movie I have seen in a while, but it was worth every penny mostly because I was cracking up for the duration of the movie. Every attempt by this movie to be an actual love story is...

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The Host

by geegeew

I had read the book and the movie followed the book very well, although it was slow in some spots. I think that it might be a little odd if someone had not read the book....

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

The Host will make perfect sense to 12-year-old girls, while their college-age sisters will probably laugh themselves sick and their mothers will look at Hurt and wonder when he got so old. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Tirdad Derakhshani

A silly, if fun, futuristic sci-fi romance. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

The Host is top-heavy with profound, sonorous conversations, all tending to sound like farewells. The movie is so consistently pitched at the same note, indeed, that the structure robs it of possibilities for dramatic tension. Read full review

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Film.com
| Stephanie Zacharek

The Host gets bogged down in its “who’s kissing whom now?” dynamics, and it becomes all too easy to snicker at it. Read full review

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Saoirse Ronan in "The Host."