The Invite

“One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.” This is probably without a doubt the best role that Seth Rogen has and will play in his career. The Invite is a very strong, shameless comedy on the importance of affection and communication in relationships. Wilde directs the cheese out of this - the script is a beautiful mess, the score is so dry and abrupt that it could almost be considered a fifth cast member, and the characterisation is remarkable. Every character mutates into someone so unique, so disgusting and, to use the movie’s language, animalistic. This movie’s strengths come from it’s dynamics. All of the performances in this wouldn’t be as good as they are if they were done individually. Everyone simultaneously amplifies everyone else. Rogen is uncomfortably relatable. Norton is forward and off-putting. Wilde is beautifully troubled. Cruz is perverse and confrontational. And it all comes together to create a glorious mess of noise and chaos, and it is brilliant. That, or I’m just gushing about my love for movies with a small cast that stay in one location.