Neighbors can be a nightmare. I’m sure we’ve all had our fair share of nosy neighbor horror stories. Other times, neighbors might just become your best friend. Or something else entirely. In the trailer for A24’s upcoming film The Invite, it’s not entirely clear which is the case. Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton play neighboring couples in the intriguing first look below.
Watch the Official Trailer for The Invite!
The film is described as a charged romantic dramedy, which the trailer makes evident. It keeps things pretty vague, clueing us in just enough without giving too much of the plot away. There’s a strikingly obvious tension between the couples. My takeaway is that Cruz and Norton have got to be swingers.
The movie follows couple Joe and Angela (Rogen and Wilde), whose marriage rests on thin ice. They invite their mysterious upstairs neighbors (Cruz and Norton) over for a dinner party, which we see unravel in the trailer. The night spirals into unexpected outcomes, leading to a proposition that threatens to change everything. It’s a raw look into the complexities of marriage, one that’s both funny and deeply human.
The Invite is Wilde’s first directorial effort since Don’t Worry Darling in 2022. The Invite is a remake of the Spanish film The People Upstairs. It is co-written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. David Permut, Megan Ellison, and Ben Browning produced.
The Invite received high praise when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, igniting a bidding war that A24 ultimately came out on top of. The trailer gives us an enthralling first look at the upcoming film. My guess is that it will likely be A24’s next big hit following The Drama. What unforeseen outcomes will unfold at this dinner party? Find out this summer. The Invite heads to select theaters on June 26 and is out everywhere in July.