Oct 11, 2026 · 16 min · 8 segments
This week on *Movie Chats*, Ant & Ry review The Invite (2026), the relationship comedy directed by Olivia Wilde, starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton. Is The Invite…
You know what was funny is when I watched it, because the movie was so hyped, I thought, I enjoy it, but do I love it? I am not sure.
But then I was thinking about it one, two, three days later, and I thought, this movie is staying with me.
And I actually really liked it, thinking about it, because it's, I mean, they are talking about doing the sex or being swingers or whatever this is going to look like.
They never really get into it, but it's almost a plot device because what's really important is this couple, Joe and Angela, is a couple on the verge of falling apart.
They truly reset each other.
They start with having a big fight and this couple is coming in there and they introduce this idea of, but finally it gets them to break down and finally talk to each other.
It could have been anything else, but it just happens that sex is the catalyst to it, or the talk of sex is the catalyst to them talking.
Oh, 100%.
And it's not like these two people don't love each other.
You can clearly tell that they love each other, but are they still in love with each other? That's kind of the nitty-gritty part of it, where...
Yeah, I think they just forgot themselves eventually because they have been together for so long.
They've built a life together.
They are living together.
They have a daughter together, but they are just not happy with where they are in their lives.
And it's very easy rather than looking inwards just to blame your spouse for everything that you think you should be, everything that you think you're entitled to.
But it doesn't work this way.
And it's very corrosive and toxic to think this way.
Oh, 100%, yeah, because there's a scene where towards the end of the film where Joe kind of like – he knows he's unhappy, but he's maybe complacent with that.
He's like, why can't you just let me be unhappy? I'm miserable.
Just let me be miserable.
Yeah.
And she just – that's kind of a really sad kind of position to be in when you're only in your 40s.
You know, you've still got a lot of life left.
Yeah, and she's – She's got a very good reply to that.
She's like, you have all those things and some people will kill for your life.
You know what was funny is when I watched it, because the movie was so hyped, I thought, I enjoy it, but do I love it? I am not sure.
But then I was thinking about it one, two, three days later, and I thought, this movie is staying with me.
And I actually really liked it, thinking about it, because it's, I mean, they are talking about doing the sex or being swingers or whatever this is going to look like.
They never really get into it, but it's almost a plot device because what's really important is this couple, Joe and Angela, is a couple on the verge of falling apart.
They truly reset each other.
They start with having a big fight and this couple is coming in there and they introduce this idea of, but finally it gets them to break down and finally talk to each other.
It could have been anything else, but it just happens that sex is the catalyst to it, or the talk of sex is the catalyst to them talking.
Oh, 100%.
And it's not like these two people don't love each other.
You can clearly tell that they love each other, but are they still in love with each other? That's kind of the nitty-gritty part of it, where...
Yeah, I think they just forgot themselves eventually because they have been together for so long.
They've built a life together.
They are living together.
They have a daughter together, but they are just not happy with where they are in their lives.
And it's very easy rather than looking inwards just to blame your spouse for everything that you think you should be, everything that you think you're entitled to.
But it doesn't work this way.
And it's very corrosive and toxic to think this way.
Oh, 100%, yeah, because there's a scene where towards the end of the film where Joe kind of like – he knows he's unhappy, but he's maybe complacent with that.
He's like, why can't you just let me be unhappy? I'm miserable.
Just let me be miserable.
Yeah.
And she just – that's kind of a really sad kind of position to be in when you're only in your 40s.
You know, you've still got a lot of life left.
Yeah, and she's – She's got a very good reply to that.
She's like, you have all those things and some people will kill for your life.
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