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The Invite

Directed by Olivia Wilde · 2026

Quick Verdict

The Invite (2026) has a 82% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

82%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Averaged from 5 sources

95% Critic Score
95% Audience
82 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.9
6.2 IMDb /10
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Runtime
1h 47m

Is The Invite worth watching?

Yes — The Invite earns a 82% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Critics have called this English-language remake of a Spanish stage-to-screen comedy a career-best showcase for its four leads, with particular praise for how deftly it pivots from farce to real emotional reckoning inside a single apartment.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

What is The Invite about?

A married couple kept up night after night by their upstairs neighbors' noisy sex life finally invites them over to talk it out, only for a tense dinner to spiral into confessions about swinging, jealousy, and the state of the hosts' own marriage.

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