The Invite (2026)

Honestly one of, if not the best movie-going experience of my life.

So I’m in London trying to get to this local theater that is playing some random old movie. Was excited to check it out but put the wrong address in and ended up 25 minutes late. It was 9pm and I was not dressed up enough to go to any social bar or club. I was gonna go to a jazz club but the only one I could find didn’t start real jazz until after 11. So I looked up any theater with a showing and one pops up for The Invite. Whatever. I walk over expecting some amc like theater but no it’s a wine bar and in the basement is the theatre but it’s more like a really really nice home theater. Sick, five other people there.

Then the movie starts. Early on I thought this was gonna be like Marriage Story. A movie I found both parts cynical and pathetic. This was going down that path but with much better cinematography. The sound effects were amazing and set the tone throughout.

Anyway, it took a turn and I think it became a lot more genuine look at people and how they treat those closest to them and even more importantly how the other perceives it. They were both so miserable and blamed each other for it. In truth, they are responsible for themselves and being supportive for one another would’ve/will help.

The acting was so good in this. I hated Edward Norton and credit to him for that. Penelope Cruz felt like an alien at times. I couldn’t tell if her intention was just create chaos or what. Whatever it was, she acted the hell out of it. Olivia Wilde was a lot in this movie but idk if it was for worse or better. Seth Rogan only knows how to play Seth Rogan and it worked