There is nothing to be afraid of.
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
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Contemporary, intimate, grave and bleak.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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- The Movie Dioramaon TMDB · Jan 20208/10
The Invitation incites audiences to attend the most anxiety-inducing dinner party ever. Grief. The melancholic turmoil of loss. A catalyst for unwanted prominent personality alterations that change the very fabric of who we are. Each individual experiences sorrow and subsists through a variety of different methods. Some forgive and forget. Others harness the inability to progress, experiencing a stumbling block of anguish as they continually inflict psychological suffering upon themselves. It is irrefutably the most difficult emotion to overcome, and can overwhelm the strongest of personalities. Kusama’s thrilling episode of ‘Come Dine With Me’ gradually explores the weight of life itself, simply by allowing a group of long-time friends the chance to discuss such a topic. Yet, what enables Kusama’s slow-burn thriller to elevate itself into the top echelon of effective profoundness, is its simplicity. There are no extravagant plot devices. No sublimely utilised twists. And certainly no misplaced character conveniences. By equipping grief and depression as a manifestation of the narrative, Kusama was able to demonstrate her incredibly astute direction through natural plausibilities.
Read the whole review on TMDB - Renoon TMDB · Oct 20166/10
**Think carefully before attending your ex's party invite!** My first impression was, not another 'The Perfect Host'. And it is not, but the same category. This is a comeback film for the director after the average 'Jennifer's Body' that released half a decade ago. Some people liked it, but for me it was an average film, because I've seen the better one. Still, I appreciate the effort, like handling the narration. You know these days viewers are bit clever, they begin to predict from the early stage, so this story quite interestingly upheld the suspense. Till the final act it keeps developing, not the story or the characters wisely, but the event where the plot evolves. A at a same time it leaves behind some clues about what might come later. That part is very confusing, I did not know what to believe and what not. Because I don't want to be a fool when twist happens. This was a lot dramatised and when the crucial event comes into play, the pace increased. The first 80 per cent of the film was what I enjoyed, but the twist ruined my party and then the final scene was so smart. The best way to conclude for such a thriller. There are none tense moments, except in the final segment, b
Read the whole review on TMDB - teixon TMDB · Jul 20169/10
This film was a very nice surprise for me. I didn't know much about the plot, which helped. Right from the start you are increasingly presented with atmospheric stimuli that help to increase the overall tension for the story. The photography and the sounds and the acting might seem off putting for some, but for me it all worked well together. You start to **get** what is going on and to **think** you know what is going to happen, and they make you doubt yourself... Very intense film that kept me very entertained and I highly recommend.
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Cast
- Logan Marshall-GreenWill
- Tammy BlanchardEden
- Emayatzy CorinealdiKira
- Michiel HuismanDavid
- John Carroll LynchPruitt
- Lindsay BurdgeSadie
- Mike DoyleTommy
- Jay LarsonBen
- Michelle KrusiecGina
- Karl YuneChoi
Crew
- Karyn KusamaDirector
- Phil HayScreenplay
- Matt ManfrediScreenplay
- Bobby ShoreDirector of Photography
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- Plummy TuckerEditor
- Martha GriffinProducer
- Phil HayProducer
- Matt ManfrediProducer
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