Review 792: The Invite

There's something about Olivia Wilde as both a performer and a director that is effortlessly watchable and fascinating. As an actress, she can command the screen with a 

To the extent that I can recall Wilde's previous two directorial efforts, 2019's Booksmart and 2022's Don't Worry Darling, neither of which I seem to have reviewed of indeed watched, 

Which brings us to The Invite; the film is an English-language of the Spanish film The People Upstairs  Angela (Wilde) and her husband Joe (Seth Rogan) who are stuck in a rut Angela is a stay-at-home wife while Joe is a Jazz band teacher at a conservatory. Annoyed by the loud sex noises they hear from upstairs, they plan to confront the couple Pina (Penelope Cruz) and her husband Hawk (Edward Norton) by inviting them to a 

So much of this film feels like a filmed play  

the score by Devonte Hynes is 

Seth Rogan, Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton are stellar in this film