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metacriticBased on 16 Critics
64
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Release Date: July 1st, 2011

DVD Release Date: August 30th, 2011

R|1 hr 34 min

Plot Summary
A crook on the run cons his way into a dinner party whose host is anything but ordinary.

Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Nathaniel Parker, Clayne Crawford, Helen Reddy, George Kee Cheung, Tyrees Allen, Megahn Perry, Brooke Anderson

Director: Nick Tomnay

Genres: Thriller

Production Co: Stacey Testro International

Distributors: Magnolia Pictures

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  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter

    Tomnay skillfully shifts the film's initial tone from suspense to dark comedy so that the transition never feels forced. show more

  • 65
    Michelle OrangeMovieline

    You'll have to hang on to something to get through the hairpins in The Perfect Host, a chamber piece hostage thriller black comedy undone less by its twists than by the stretches of bad road between them. show more

  • 63
    Peter TraversRolling Stone

    The dialogue is witty and spiked with delicious malice. At least it is when Pierce delivers it. show more

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