Review of The Guest (2014) by Dan H — 22 Nov 2014

I LOVE THIS FILM!!! Dan Stevens is amazing and absolutely perfect here as a psychopath who sets out to help a family in his own special way. He is so damned likable and charming here (and a bit creepy at times too) that even though you know he is a psychopath you can't help but hope that you're wrong.

This is really Steven's film, and I was surprised to find that I was completely on his side for the whole thing. His "David" is easily my personal favorite psychopath, and Dan Steven's performance is the main reason this film works as well as it does (also surprising that our "heroine" isn't nearly as likable as "David" is).

I also like that the ending takes place at a Halloween themed event. While it's never fully explained what exactly is really going on here, the film is so much fun that you can't help but get whisked away in the thrill of it all (and the last act is indeed quite thrilling and exciting).

The film also has a fantastic score/soundtrack and the cinematography is superb and very pretty. See it for Dan Stevens, the fantastic and seemingly simplistic plot (there is more going on under the surface here than there would appear to be though), and the thrilling and exciting action scenes.

A top notch film, and a definite improvement over You're Next.