What is the Metascore for The Host?

The Host has a Metascore of 85 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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Q: Is The Host worth watching?

The Host (2006) has a Celluloid Score of 80%, averaged across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. It comes recommended overall. Directed by Bong Joon Ho.

Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 2006

Quick Verdict

The Host (2006) has a 80% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

80%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Averaged from 5 sources

93% Critic Score

73% Audience

85 Metascore

★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.8

7.1 IMDb /10

Runtime: 1h 59m
Cast: Song Kang-ho , Byun Hee-bong , Park Hae-il

Is The Host worth watching?

Yes — The Host earns a 80% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Bong's monster movie is funny, angry, and politically sharp beneath its creature-feature surface.
Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics (93%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (73%).

What is The Host about?

A dysfunctional family battles a mutant creature from the Han River after it abducts a young girl in a satire of government failure.

Critic Reviews

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The Host (2006) Review: A Korean Classic

★★★★☆ 4/5

Bong Joon Ho's The Host (2006) endures as a defining horror landmark from South Korea, with scores that still shape how audiences discover cinema from the region.

Essential viewing — a certified classic.