The ending of The Invite reveals that the entire dinner party was simply a pressure cooker designed to expose the pre-existing collapse of a marriage. The final confrontation strips away the polite social performance of the four characters, forcing them into a messy reality they had been avoiding long before the doorbell rang. I had three different group chats asking me to unpack this by Saturday morning. The marketing team sold this as a snappy, chaotic comedy, but the final

If you are looking for an honest The Invite review before heading to the cinema this weekend, the short answer is that Olivia Wilde has delivered a sharply written, incredibly tense relationship comedy. But the most interesting thing about it might actually be the highly controlled, drama-free press tour her team is currently running. I had the trailer open in three tabs by lunchtime on Tuesday and realised the marketing is doing something very specific. After the absolute me