The Perfect Host

The Perfect Host

Dinner parties are a dying art.

Directed by Nicholas Tomnay

Produced by Splendid Film

201093 min6.4 / 10

A darkly comedic thriller about a meticulous host and a desperate criminal locked in a tense, increasingly surreal dinner-party standoff.

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.

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Questions people ask

  • Is The Perfect Host scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Perfect Host one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 93% of films.

  • Does The Perfect Host end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is The Perfect Host sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is The Perfect Host violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Perfect Host easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

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55/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity89

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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