The Perfect Host (2010)

Great twist on the usually maddening home-invasion stories.  Instead of evil bad guys terrorizing the hapless family, in this case you have a hapless visitor tormented by an evil host.  Without giving too much away, there are plenty of twists and turns and surprises in this story.  If you like those things you may very much enjoy this movie.

That all said, this movie has one glaring weakness - plausibility.  If I went into full detail I would have to do a spoiler alert, and I don't do spoilers.  Bottom line, I don't believe a host this meticulous nature in such a detail oriented occupation would make the kind of mistakes that lead to the situations that make this movie both darkly comedic and a little hard to "buy".  Email me for the details if you like, or if you disagree.

David Hyde Pierce is perfectly cast in this role, and he plays it with relish.  He is clearly having a great time bringing this character to us.  Clayne Crawford plays opposite him and definitely holds his own again Pierce.  Despite the self-inflicted problems of his character, Crawford earns at least our empathy if not sympathies.

Watch this movie with someone who loves dinner parties.