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The Invitation

2015

Karyn Kusama

Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard, John Carroll Lynch ...

6.3

19,982

Thriller. Horror Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband... and as a different person, eerily changed and eager to reunite with her ex and those she left behind. Over the course of a dinner party in the house that was once his, the haunted Will is gripped by mounting evidence that Eden and her new friends have a mysterious and terrifying ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kevin Jagernauth IndieWire	"A taut thriller that almost doesn't waste a single step."	POS
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"[A] dinner party descends into paranoia and chaos, with unrelenting tension in spades."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"An effective, small-scale chiller."	POS
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A teasingly effective thriller that builds a remarkable level of tension (...) this well-acted, beautifully modulated exercise represents director Karyn Kusama’s strongest work in years."	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"A tense and elegant film that treats its audience like adults (...) Kusama’s ability to keep the action all very realistic is to be commended (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Although somewhat hampered by an uneven cast and a limited budget (...) Kusama mostly works around her production limitations (...) The movie works"	POS

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