Overview
- The Invite, directed by and starring Olivia Wilde with Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, opened in select U.S. theaters and will expand nationwide on July 10.
- Critics have given broadly positive reviews, highlighting the film’s chamber dynamics, ensemble performances and strong early festival buzz including Sundance praise.
- Wilde and her collaborators rehearsed for weeks and filmed sequentially on 35mm in a single San Francisco apartment to encourage improvisation and character discovery.
- Composer Devonté Hynes’s score and careful production design are cited as active storytelling elements that shape the film’s tense, comic and emotional tone.
- Wilde has publicly framed The Invite as a creative reset after earlier controversy, has discussed therapy and personal ties to the material, and has said a new directing project will start soon.