Plot
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 6.7/10 (6,844 voted)
Critic's Score: 48/100
Director:
Nick Tomnay
Stars: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker
Storyline A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
Writers: Nick Tomnay, Krishna Jones
Cast: Tyrees Allen
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Roman
David Hyde Pierce
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Warwick Wilson
Annie Campbell
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Chelsea
Clayne Crawford
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John Taylor
Cooper Barnes
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Rupert
Megahn Perry
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Simone De Marchi
Helen Reddy
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Cathy Knight
Indira G. Wilson
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Monica
(as Indira Gibson)
George Cheung
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Storekeeper
(as George Kee Cheung)
Brooke Anderson
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Thief
(as Brooke 'Mikey' Anderson)
Cheryl Francis Harrington
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Car Rental Worker
Amanda Payton
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Girl at Party
Joseph Will
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Det. Valdez
Nathaniel Parker
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Det. Morton
Greg Brown
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Man in Polaroid
Trivia:
The tattoo on John's hand contains 3 Hebrew letters, which are the initials for "Ura Riva Yerivi" - a kabbalah term that means absolute certainty and is supposed to enhance confidence and belief.
Goofs:
Continuity:
At the end of the film, as Warwick stops John by the exit. He is wearing his jacket, but after he lets John leaves the parking garage, Warwick is shown without his jacket as he lifts his jacket from the floor of the booth, which is covering an unconscious booth attendant, and Warwick puts on the jacket.
To spoil or not to spoil, that is the question. NOT spoil! The summary
tells you all you need to know and anything else would be a revelation
and defeat the object. Basically, David Hyde Pierce plays his Frasier
character Nils as coming from the dark side. He's whacked out all
right, but only slowly do we discover just how whacked and out he is!
The Perfect Host is not a horror film, although it's easy to see how it
could have been made as one, but a psychological, cat and mouse
thriller of tables (dining tables?) turning and being turned as small
time hood meets major lunatic!
Given the vast majority of the film takes place in one setting, the
film does come over as a bit staged at times, but that also adds
another dimension because staging itself plays a big part. After all,
Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce's character) is staging the perfect
dinner party and is not about to let some uncultivated intruder spoil
things.
And then come the twists...
The Perfect Host is a little film that slips under the radar, but if
you enjoy good thrillers, want a different take on the home invasion
genre, just enjoy watching David Hyde Pierce (and he is most watchable)
being creepy, then it's well worth a look.
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