7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Comedy • 2026 • 107 min • Adults (18+)
The Invite (2026)
The Invite (2026)
Overview
A strained married couple invites their free-spirited upstairs neighbors to dinner, and the evening becomes a slow-motion test of what each pair actually believes about love, fidelity, and settling. The Neutral label reflects a genuine pull in opposite directions. The film frames the bohemian couple's non-monogamous confidence as liberating, which leans progressive on sexual ethics. But the story stays grounded in personal dynamics rather than ideology, with no political messaging and no identity-based critique. Directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen, and Wilde herself, this English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy keeps the conversation private, domestic, and deliberately uncomfortable for everyone at the table.
Starring Cast
Penélope Cruz • Olivia Wilde • Seth Rogen
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
A strained married couple invites their free-spirited upstairs neighbors to dinner, and the evening becomes a slow-motion test of what each pair actually believes about love, fidelity, and settling. The Neutral label reflects a genuine pull in opposite directions. The film frames the bohemian couple's non-monogamous confidence as liberating, which leans progressive on sexual ethics. But the story stays grounded in personal dynamics rather than ideology, with no political messaging and no identity-based critique. Directed by Olivia Wilde and starring Penélope Cruz, Seth Rogen, and Wilde herself, this English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy keeps the conversation private, domestic, and deliberately uncomfortable for everyone at the table.
Starring Cast
Penélope Cruz • Olivia Wilde • Seth Rogen
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film's central subject is interpersonal marital dynamics in a confined social setting with no evident ideological framing or political valence, making the neutral rating the direct result of the apolitical topic and solution focus on personal reconciliation rather than systemic or ideological critique.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
The four main characters include three white actors and one Latina actress in a standard dinner-party comedy about marriage and relationships. Casting reflects some visible diversity without indications of deliberate recasting for DEI purposes, and the story centers on personal dynamics and communication rather than identity-based critiques.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film centers on a strained heterosexual marriage with a child, contrasted against an upstairs couple's bohemian, non-monogamous lifestyle that rejects traditional bourgeois norms around fidelity and pleasure. The narrative uses this contrast to expose resentments in conventional partnership while portraying the alternative as confident and liberating, making the dominant framing lean progressive on family and sexual ethics.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film centers on two heterosexual married couples navigating marital tensions, sexual dissatisfaction, and an invitation to experiment during a single dinner party, with no LGBTQ+ characters or themes present.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
No transgender characters or themes appear in this marital comedy about two couples navigating a dinner party that escalates into discussions of sex and relationships. The story centers on heterosexual dynamics and bourgeois versus bohemian lifestyles without any trans elements.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The film is a direct English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish comedy The People Upstairs (Sentimental). All four principal characters retain their canonical genders from the original: male host (Joe/Julio), female host (Angela/Ana), male neighbor (Hawk/Salva), and female neighbor (Piña/Laura).
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The Invite is a contemporary American remake of the 2020 Spanish film The People Upstairs, featuring an original story with four main characters portrayed by white actors Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton. No characters have a canonically established race from prior source material that differs from the on-screen casting.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
8.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
7.8
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