The Invitation (2015)
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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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The Invitation is supremely well-crafted.
88
Slant Magazine
A charged, unnerving turn of the screw, The Invitation is consumed by the fear of forgetting.
80
Village Voice
The buildup stretches longer than it should, but the payoff comes with a satisfying bang.
80
While some viewers may complain that the action is too heavily weighted toward the ending, I’d argue that this is a strong example of destination-not-the-journey film-making.
80
This well-acted, beautifully modulated exercise represents director Karyn Kusama’s strongest work in years, revealing an assurance of tone, craft and purpose that haven’t been in evidence since her Sundance prize-winning debut, “Girlfight.”
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