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The Psychosexual Dinner Party That Has Sundance Vibrating

Olivia Wilde’s third behind-the-camera feature (following Booksmart and Don’t Worry Darling) sports four excellent lead performances—including hers—that turn this combative dramedy (premiering at the Sundance Film Festival) into a hysterical, insightful, and ultimately moving portrait of the difficulties of keeping long-term relationships alive.

Olivia Wilde (L) and Seth Rogen attend The Invite After Party with Casamigos at The Cabin On Main Street, Sundance Film Festival 2026 on January 24, 2026 in Park City, Utah. / Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Casamigos

A modern twist on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? that adds a few momentous sexual wrinkles to its template, The Invite—a remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy The People Upstairs—takes place almost entirely in the San Francisco apartment of Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Wilde).

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