This film was a very nice surprise for me. I didn't know much about the plot, which helped. Right from the start you are increasingly presented with atmospheric stimuli that help to increase the overall tension for the story. The photography and the sounds and the acting might seem off putting for some, but for me it all worked well together. You start to get what is going on and to think you know what is going to happen, and they make you doubt yourself... Very intense film that kept me very entertained and I highly recommend.

Think carefully before attending your ex's party invite!

My first impression was, not another 'The Perfect Host'. And it is not, but the same category. This is a comeback film for the director after the average 'Jennifer's Body' that released half a decade ago. Some people liked it, but for me it was an average film, because I've seen the better one. Still, I appreciate the effort, like handling the narration. You know these days viewers are bit clever, they begin to predict from the early stage, so this story quite interestingly upheld the suspense.

Till the final act it keeps develo... read the rest.

The Invitation incites audiences to attend the most anxiety-inducing dinner party ever. Grief. The melancholic turmoil of loss. A catalyst for unwanted prominent personality alterations that change the very fabric of who we are. Each individual experiences sorrow and subsists through a variety of different methods. Some forgive and forget. Others harness the inability to progress, experiencing a stumbling block of anguish as they continually inflict psychological suffering upon themselves. It is irrefutably the most difficult emotion to overcome, and can overwhelm the strongest of personalities... read the rest.

It's weird enough when your ex invites you to a dinner party with friends and her new significant other, but "The Invitation" piles on more uncomfortable / weird circumstances until it really goes off the rails (in a good way).

Full review: https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/worst-dinner-partynbspever-the-invitation-review

It’s a bold choice to decide to set a movie exclusively during a dinner party. In this film, the singular setting adds a well-crafted sense of claustrophobia that radiates from the screen to the audience. Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation is Hitchcockian in the level of dread that builds from the beginning as the camera winds its way up into the Hollywood Hills.