Jul 10, 2026 · 28 min · 14 segments
The Invite is a 2026 American comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde from a screenplay by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. It is an English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish film The People Upstairs…
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And I've been slightly concerned that Penelope Cruz's last few performances have been a bit stiff.
And Ed Norton I just haven't seen in a while, though we love your politics, Ed.
So when we went and sat down to watch this, what were your feelings as we settled in? Having seen the trailer, knowing that we were going to get a comedy about sex.
We've been bitten so many times when we've seen a good trailer, and then you get there and it's not.
Isn't that how one is with most films, do you think? Yeah, kind of always hopeful, but God almighty, if it fails...
Rashida Jones is actually quite a famous actress, though she'd been in The Office, things like that.
I knew exactly how it could go and I knew exactly in terms of well, but I also knew how awful it was going to be because very quickly we'd know if it wasn't going to work.
movie we needed a good one yes the last time that i had real high hopes was the marriage and i was really disappointed with that is that
marriage story marriage story adam dry it was a diabolical disappointment there was one scene and it was so
yeah so um so sitting down so basically the concept of the film is this you've got seth rogan and you've got olivia wilde they're in a kind of not loveless relationship but just it's a relationship that's
He's a music teacher or associate who's lost interest and was clearly, and is clearly, was once a musician with aspirations.
And I've been slightly concerned that Penelope Cruz's last few performances have been a bit stiff.
And Ed Norton I just haven't seen in a while, though we love your politics, Ed.
So when we went and sat down to watch this, what were your feelings as we settled in? Having seen the trailer, knowing that we were going to get a comedy about sex.
We've been bitten so many times when we've seen a good trailer, and then you get there and it's not.
Isn't that how one is with most films, do you think? Yeah, kind of always hopeful, but God almighty, if it fails...
Rashida Jones is actually quite a famous actress, though she'd been in The Office, things like that.
I knew exactly how it could go and I knew exactly in terms of well, but I also knew how awful it was going to be because very quickly we'd know if it wasn't going to work.
movie we needed a good one yes the last time that i had real high hopes was the marriage and i was really disappointed with that is that
marriage story marriage story adam dry it was a diabolical disappointment there was one scene and it was so
yeah so um so sitting down so basically the concept of the film is this you've got seth rogan and you've got olivia wilde they're in a kind of not loveless relationship but just it's a relationship that's
He's a music teacher or associate who's lost interest and was clearly, and is clearly, was once a musician with aspirations.
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