The Guest (2014)

[K1stpierre]

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[TheMovieman]

As with Wingard's You're Next, The Guest had plenty of potential and actually starts out well enough but 20-25 minutes in, it veers off course from suspense thriller to spy thriller then it mixes in some Nancy Drew (darker in tone I'll admit) and then horror for the cliched finale. I will give it some props for its brutality, it is certainly no holds barred at times but by the same token, it just goes into rediculous territory offsetting anything the film had going for it.

 

**½/*****, (C, 4.8/10, 2/4)

 

(and that's being generous)

[Jake Gittes]

Looks like we got two threads for this movie:

 

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/index.php?/topic/16855-the-guest-2014/

[TheMovieman]

Looks like we got two threads for this movie:

 

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/index.php?/topic/16855-the-guest-2014/

 

Interesting and this one is listed in the master review thread.

 

Edit: Which makes sense since it was created first (the other was November).

Edited December 28, 2014 by The Movieman

[Goffe]

the last half is disappointing considering how intriguing the first half is. Really entertaining movie either way. 70/100

 

can a mod merge both threads?