The Invite is a 2026 dramedy directed by Olivia Wilde, written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, remaking the 2020 Spanish film The People Upstairs or, Sentimental, in Spanish by Cesc Gay, which was in turn an adaptation of his play Els veïns de dalt / Los vecinos de arriba. The film stars Seth Rogan as Joe and Olivia Wilde as Angela, a couple whose marriage is on thin ice. When their upstairs neighbors Pina and Hawk, played by Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton, visit for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
Timestamps:
- (0:02:58) 365 Days
- (0:36:33) My Dinner with Andre
- (0:58:58) Teorema
- (1:14:58) The Invite
- (1:40:17) Spoilers
- (2:01:39) Next time: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie & Curse of the Puppet Master
Works Cited:
- 365 Days (Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes, 2020)
- '365 Days': Film Review (Jessica Kiang, 2020)
- Catholic Film Unit Withdraws Award Given to 'Teorama' - The New York Times
- Dialectical Smut-erialism (Ben Verschoor, 2025)
- Don't Worry Darling (Olivia Wilde, 2022)
- Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny - Blood Knife (RS Benedict, 2021)
- Fifty Shades of Grey (Sam Taylor-Johnson, 2015)
- Five films Gaspar Noé hates (Ros Tibbs, 2023)
- The Invite (Olivia Wilde, 2026)
- "The Invite" Movie Review | The New Yorker (Justin Chang, 2026)
- 'The Invite' review by Vincent Prince • Letterboxd
- 'The Invite' Review: Olivia Wilde's Group Sex Comedy Is a Surprising Oscar Contender | Them (Samantha Allen, 2026)
- The Invite review: Olivia Wilde dramedy finds itself (Matt Zoller Seitz, 2026)
- My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle, 1981)
- My Dinner With Andre movie review (Roger Ebert, 1981)
- Movies: Teorema (Paul Schrader, 2021)
- Seth Rogen on How Rich People Get Weird About Money | The Interview
- Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
- Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, 1966)
- WHY IS THIS DRACULA PORN SO POPULAR??? (18+ ONLY)
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Ben Verschoor
Steven Santana
Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel
Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa
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