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ADDITION: A24 Blu-ray (November 2026): A24 have transferred Olivia Wilde's The Invite to Blu-ray. This is on a dual-layered disc with a high bitrate, in 1080P and the film’s original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. As you would expect from a brand-new production, the image is essentially flawless. Detail is excellent in the close-ups: you can see the texture of Joe’s denim shirt, the gray flecks in his beard, and the freckles under Piña’s makeup. The film’s fine grain is reproduced faithfully even in the many dimly lit scenes. Blacks are deep without crushing shadow detail. The muted palette of sage greens, faded blues, and warm amber lamplight looks true to Adam Newport-Berra’s intent, and skin tones are natural. The dark and blue tinge seems an intentional function of the production. For those wanting more, A24 also offers a 4K UHD edition with Dolby Vision, and a physical soundtrack option exclusively through its online shop.

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On their Blu-ray, A24 use a lossless DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround track at 24-bit. The Invite is almost entirely dialogue-driven, and the track handles the rapid-fire, overlapping exchanges with real clarity. Every interruption and muttered aside comes through clean, which is essential for the comedy to land. The surrounds are used subtly for the apartment’s ambience and the occasional noise from upstairs. Devonté Hynes’ score, with cues like “Contentious Environment,” “Hawk’s Story,” and “Can We Please Do a Reset,” is gentle and wry. It is woven around a recurring motif from Gaspar Cassadó’s Suite for Cello, whose movements return throughout the evening as a melancholy undercurrent to the farce. The classical selections are inspired: Karl Jenkins’ “Palladio: I. Allegretto,” the “Habanera” from Bizet’s Carmen, and the Valse from Delibes’ Coppélia. Pop needle-drops include Sade’s “By Your Side,” Fabienne Delsol’s cover of “I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You),” and a lovely demo of “Our House” by Graham Nash and Joni Mitchell, which is a perfect fit for a film about a couple and their home. All of it is well separated and supportive without crowding the voices. A24 also offers the original soundtrack on its shop. A24 offer an optional descriptive audio track, English (SDH) or Spanish subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

A24 includes a fine package of supplements. The highlight is an audio commentary with director Olivia Wilde and cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra. They discuss shooting a single long evening in such close quarters, the visual strategy of framing the couples, and the challenge of staging overlapping dialogue. “Setting the Table: The Making of The Invite” runs about 1/4 hour and covers the adaptation of Cesc Gay’s Sentimental, the casting of the four leads, and the production design of the apartment set. There is an interview with composer Devonté Hynes that runs over three minutes, two brief deleted scenes, and the film’s trailer. The package is a digipak with a clear tray revealing interior art of the film’s aftermath-of-dinner table setting. It also includes six collectible postcards of behind-the-scenes photography by Atsushi “JIMA” Nishijima, the stills photographer whose on-set work also graces Poor Things, Marty Supreme, and Birdman, showing the set, the San Francisco locations, and candid moments with the cast.

The Invite is as funny a film as I have seen in a decade. Absolutely hilarious - I have never laughed so hard out loud. Olivia Wilde's adaptation of Cesc Gay's Sentimental plays much of its first half like a modern screwball comedy, with rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue and situations that spiral out of everyone's control over one long, awkward evening. The pacing lurches and the discomfort is often intentional, but the laughs come from recognition as much as from outrageousness. Wilde, pulling double duty as director and star, holds her own as Angela opposite Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Funny People, This Is the End,) as her weary, sardonic husband Joe. Rogen finds a surprising melancholy beneath the wisecracks. Penélope Cruz (Open Your Eyes, All About My Mother, Vanilla Sky, Volver, Elegy, Broken Embraces, Parallel Mothers,) and Edward Norton (Primal Fear, Rounders, American History X, Fight Club, 25th Hour, Down in the Valley, The Illusionist, Moonrise Kingdom, The Bourne Legacy, Birdman, Asteroid City,) are a delight as the uninhibited upstairs neighbors Piña and Hawk, whose easy charm keeps throwing their hosts off balance. Adam Newport-Berra's 35mm photography gives the apartment a warm, lived-in glow, and Devonté Hynes' score adds a wry, gentle undertow. The A24 Blu-ray offers a flawless a/v, a director's commentary, a making-of featurette, a composer interview, and a lovely digipak with six collectible postcards. Absolutely recommended.   

Gary Tooze