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The Invitation makes brilliant use of its tension-rich premise to deliver a uniquely effective -- and surprisingly clever -- slow-building thriller.
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If you were at a creepy dinner party, and the hosts decided to show a video of their vacation in which they spent time with a crazy cult leader in Mexico, would you stick around for the main course? May 19, 2016 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
If you were at a creepy dinner party, and the hosts decided to show a video of their vacation in which they spent time with a crazy cult leader in Mexico, would you stick around for the main course?
Rene Rodriguez
Psychological thrillers just don't get any better than this. April 21, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Psychological thrillers just don't get any better than this.
Calvin Wilson
Beautifully paced, the movie traces a steady arc from amiability to apocalypse. April 21, 2016 | Full Review…
Beautifully paced, the movie traces a steady arc from amiability to apocalypse.
J. R. Jones
John Carroll Lynch shares credit with a superb ensemble, but it's his halcyon turn as a pitiable demon that unifies the action. April 21, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
John Carroll Lynch shares credit with a superb ensemble, but it's his halcyon turn as a pitiable demon that unifies the action.
Scott Marks
All this foreboding produces no suspense: It's evident from the bloody prologue where "The Invitation" is headed. April 21, 2016 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
All this foreboding produces no suspense: It's evident from the bloody prologue where "The Invitation" is headed.
Mark Jenkins
Will is the proxy through which we experience the increasingly confounding web of suspicion and surprises that are obfuscated by social niceties and facades of politesse. April 15, 2016 | Full Review…
Will is the proxy through which we experience the increasingly confounding web of suspicion and surprises that are obfuscated by social niceties and facades of politesse.
Katie Walsh
Old wounds, new wounds, paranoia and terror are all split open and laid bare, making The Invitation a feat in filmmaking. February 6, 2020 | Full Review…
Old wounds, new wounds, paranoia and terror are all split open and laid bare, making The Invitation a feat in filmmaking.
Kristy Strouse
The Invitation is a delightfully demented thriller that plays on the awkward social dynamics of dinner parties. January 8, 2020 | Rating: 4.2/5 | Full Review…
The Invitation is a delightfully demented thriller that plays on the awkward social dynamics of dinner parties.
Mark H. Harris
An enjoyable exercise of tension that only fails because it is too evident in its proposal and also falls into some tricky plot decisions. [Full Review in Spanish] August 28, 2019 | Full Review…
An enjoyable exercise of tension that only fails because it is too evident in its proposal and also falls into some tricky plot decisions. [Full Review in Spanish]
Mikel Zorrilla
An intense psychological thriller of terror, creating a so great atmosphere of tension that the spectator will remain - with pleasure - seated, from the beginning of the film to the end. [Full Review in Spanish] August 27, 2019 | Full Review…
An intense psychological thriller of terror, creating a so great atmosphere of tension that the spectator will remain - with pleasure - seated, from the beginning of the film to the end. [Full Review in Spanish]
Chus Pérez Girón
It waits and makes you question what kind of movie it is until it finally reveals itself in a beautiful finale. That's what makes it truly one of the best movies of the year. August 8, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
It waits and makes you question what kind of movie it is until it finally reveals itself in a beautiful finale. That's what makes it truly one of the best movies of the year.
Karl Delossantos
The Invitation's tension is built in a claustrophobic environment in which the sinister threat may or may not be real. July 20, 2019 | Rating: 3.25/5 | Full Review…
The Invitation's tension is built in a claustrophobic environment in which the sinister threat may or may not be real.
Josh Goller
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