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The Invite
On one tense night in a stylish San Francisco apartment, unhappily married Joe and Angela welcome their glamorous upstairs neighbours Hawk and Piña for dinner—only to find that flirtation, secrets and a very unexpected invitation will push both couples’ relationships to the brink.
Director
Olivia Wilde (Booksmart)
CAST
Olivia Wilde • Seth Rogen • Penélope Cruz • Edward Norton
RATING
VA
Sex scenes, nudity, drug use & offensive language
RUNTIME
1h 47m
COUNTRY
United States
GENRE
Comedy, Drama
LANGUAGE
English
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The Invite
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FILM NOTES
A sharp, very funny adults-only dinner-party comedy where the wine flows, inhibitions vanish and no one leaves quite the same.
The Invite is Olivia Wilde’s playful, barbed remake of Spanish relationship comedy The People Upstairs, re-staged as a single-night chamber piece in San Francisco. Joe and Angela’s marriage is fraying, their daughter edging towards independence and their lives stuck in a rut of petty arguments and unspoken resentments. Enter Hawk and Piña, the impossibly confident, sexually liberated couple from upstairs whose late-night noise has already become a source of fascination and irritation.
Over one boozy dinner the four circle each other, trading jokes, provocations and confessions as the evening gradually nudges from awkward small talk into therapy session, seduction attempt and emotional demolition derby. Wilde leans on crackling dialogue, strong performances and escalating discomfort rather than broad farce, exploring jealousy, desire, compromise and the stories couples tell themselves to stay together. It’s an ideal choice for audiences who enjoy smart, talky comedies about modern relationships, with just enough outrageous behaviour to keep everyone blushing and laughing.