The Invitation

Drafthouse Films | Release Date: April 8, 2016

7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 196 Ratings

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Texgal76Aug 15, 2020

No stars! Was a horrible movie, horrible acting. and the plot was ridiculous, don’t waste your time

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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lenny68Nov 5, 2016

Pretentious twaddle masquerading as something much more deep and meaningful.

If your idea of a good movie is watching privileged, self indulgent, {mostly} 30 somethings get together and self destruct then go ahead. Otherwise avoid.

6 of 9 users found this helpful63

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nuggetmanNov 5, 2016

This movie starts promisingly but goes downhill rapidly. In order to buy in to the whole premise a high tolerance for privileged but vacuous people is necessary.

4 of 6 users found this helpful42

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annbdFeb 8, 2019

Boring and annoying from the beginning to the end. I give credits for cinematography and main actor's performance. But over all dumb and not worth a watch.

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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JacksonTranOct 27, 2019

One dog **** movie that I am so unfortunate to watch since a long time. This movie is from beginning to the end is boring, lame, pointless. Save yourself 2 hours for your life and DO NOT WATCH this lame ass mediocre low IQ piece of junk, youOne dog **** movie that I am so unfortunate to watch since a long time. This movie is from beginning to the end is boring, lame, pointless. Save yourself 2 hours for your life and DO NOT WATCH this lame ass mediocre low IQ piece of junk, you would appreciate my disclaimer!… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

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Q8MarrongGlaceApr 18, 2016

Too much talking long boring conversations movie gets better last 20 min , have nothing to do with horror nor thriller its more of drama ,nonsense and waste of time

Yes this all high rated and great reviews had me fooled and made meToo much talking long boring conversations movie gets better last 20 min , have nothing to do with horror nor thriller its more of drama ,nonsense and waste of time

Yes this all high rated and great reviews had me fooled and made me thinking maybe most of it was paid for really !!… Expand

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

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SEROJFeb 6, 2019

"The invitation" began very promising, but ended up being another disappointment. My time was wasted and i don't think i'll ever watch it again.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

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Mike_MApr 13, 2016

You have to be kidding me. Epic crap artists on display here. I was constantly jarred out of the movie by the terrible writing, oafish "seriousness" and total lack of psychological understanding of our species.

It's nothing but forced,You have to be kidding me. Epic crap artists on display here. I was constantly jarred out of the movie by the terrible writing, oafish "seriousness" and total lack of psychological understanding of our species.

It's nothing but forced, unbelievable, melodramatic storytelling for the sake of genre fulfillment and a slow build. I defy you to get through the first 10-20 minutes of this movie and say you're interested. Only those with a desperate thirst for a 'crazy thriller' could possibly drink from this scummy pond.

16 "critics" gave this a good review? Yet another death knell for American film criticism.
RIP… Expand

4 of 14 users found this helpful410

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ds2020Feb 12, 2020

Poorly made senario, people in the movie are missing the slightest sense behind their acts. Spare yourself from wathing this waste of time.

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

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ShiningLionOct 9, 2020

Repulsively boring and unattractive character writing that leads to all the utterly predictable places. The scenes of madness near the end were choreographed pretty well in that they felt more realistic than rehearsed, so there's a grittyRepulsively boring and unattractive character writing that leads to all the utterly predictable places. The scenes of madness near the end were choreographed pretty well in that they felt more realistic than rehearsed, so there's a gritty quality to it, but it's all a bit too "sniffing our own farts out of a wine glass" for me. I skipped through nearly the first half of the movie because the characters were just so bland and I knew the dialogue wouldn't even be important. I was right. Still 100% understood the story, and glad I spent less than an hour on this movie instead of its full run time. A major problem with this film is that it starts out with grim music and tone before things even get grim... so tonally the film goes nowhere. It starts and ends with paranoia and bleakness and we never see any lighter moments to even convince us for a moment that this might end well. Duh. The directors need to go back to film school. Also that ending was ridiculous and dumb. A page out of Shyamalan's wastebasket.… Expand

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EdwardoJuanSep 2, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you can ignorenall the stupid crap, its OK.
Just a heads up; a freshly changed vampire kills Dracula.… Expand

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