The Invite (2026)
Starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton, Skip Howland, Mel Powell, Rachel Thurow, Mario Valdez
IHBM9
IMDb7.5
RT96%
Trakt76%
TMDb7.2Excellent
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
My review · Reviewed 08/25/2026
When I saw Marriage Story a few years ago, I thought that it may have been the best movie about relationships that I have ever seen. I dare say that this movie is better. This surprised me a bit because of the amount of verbal conflict that exists in this movie - too much can cause a movie to become insufferable (Rogen's Knocked Up is a great example of this). But this movie is super smart, and the characters are seen in different lights throughout the night. The different dynamics throughout were fascinating - I can't think of a film quite like it. And beyond all of that... Olivia Wilde did an amazing job directing this film. I would have never thought that I would say that about a movie that is almost totally filmed in an apartment, but her decisions on camera placement, closeups, music, etc, were fantastic.