An Ideal Host fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor and absurdist humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, mystery, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Fast from start to finish.
An Ideal Host is tense, scary, and fast-paced.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor and absurdist humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor and absurdist humor.
Everyday modern life, mystery, and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life, mystery, and the mind. It leaves some questions open.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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An Ideal Host is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Fandango at Home Free, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 75/100 (IMDb 5.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 83%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 24 min
An Ideal Host runs 1 h 24 min.
Not quite. Critics rate An Ideal Host higher (83) than audiences (73). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in Australia.
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