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The Invite

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United States2025107 minEnglish
Invite

Joe and Angela are on thin ice, and tonight might be when it all falls apart. Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse.

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Joe and Angela are on thin ice, and tonight might be when it all falls apart. Unfortunately, their upstairs neighbors are about to arrive for dinner, and everything that can go wrong goes worse.

A fiercely energized chamber dramedy, The Invite revitalizes the classic, largely bygone cinema of marital strife. Olivia Wilde’s scenes from a marriage are suitably raw and revealing, but also compassionate, deeply human, and incredibly funny. From a screenplay by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, the film gleefully plunges two couples (Wilde and Seth Rogen; Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton) into the crucible of a seemingly innocuous evening, delighting in its contortions as awkward small talk turns to the unearthing of long-tenured grievances, insecurities, codependencies, failed aspirations, and sexual FOMO. Constructing a vibrant aesthetic and brilliantly orchestrated interactions, Wilde finds a universe of space within one location, and her process — workshopping material with the cast, shooting chronologically (on 35mm!), and inviting them to explore as they worked — gives The Invite a remarkable authenticity. — JN

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Credits

  • Director(s)

    Olivia Wilde

  • Screenwriters

    Will McCormack

    Rashida Jones

  • Producers

    David Permut

    Ben Browning

    Megan Ellison

  • Executive Producers

    Saul Germaine

    Patrick Chu

    Shayne Fiske Goldner

    Glen Basner

    Andy Kim

    Alex G. Scott

    Alex Astrachan

  • Director of Photography

    Adam Newport-Berra

  • Production Designer

    Jade Healy

  • Costume Design

    Arianne Phillips

  • Edited By

    Yorgos Mavropsaridis

    Ant Boys

  • Music by

    Devonté Hynes

  • Sound Designer

    Niv Adiri

  • Colorist

    Damien Vandercruyssen

  • Principal Cast

    Seth Rogen

    Olivia Wilde

    Penélope Cruz

    Edward Norton

Meet the Artist

Panelist Name

Olivia Wilde

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Olivia Wilde’s feature directorial debut Booksmart won a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling earned nearly $90 million globally. Acting work includes Her, Alpha Dog, Drinking Buddies, Meadowland, A Vigilante, Tron: Legacy, Vinyl, House, and the upcoming Behemoth. Wilde’s short film Wake Up premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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