The Perfect Host

...fits into the subgenre of two-person mystery-thrillers like Sleuth and Deathtrap...

...the movie has a cat-and-mouse appeal — it's like Hard Candy crossed with a smaller-scale Deathtrap.

...a well put together film and a respectable debut for the Aussie filmmaker.

...a twist-laden seriocomic home invasion thriller about a desperate criminal whose hostage is unexpectedly resourceful and certifiably nuts.

...a clever and often witty thriller...