Review of The Invitation (2016) by Antonx2 — 06 Apr 2020
This is such a genre-perfect example of how to do right. The pacing, plot, atmosphere, and overall tone of the movie leads you down your own paranoia of trying to figure out what is going on. It slowly twists its screws into you, building into what you think you didn't think you thought was going to happen.
Although, there is one detail that I could not figure out. Around the middle of the movie, Will goes just outside the front door to talk to someone. We never see who it was, but it was clear Will did not want others to know who it was.
I'm not sure if it is important to the plot, since Choi does eventually show up. But ... the voicemail message from Choi ... I don't know what to think about that. He dies, so obviously he wasn't in on it but why would he back out after coming all the way to the house? Other than that loose string, I can't think of anything that bugged me about the movie.
Every character feels sufficiently fleshed out to service the main story, and the atmosphere of the movie is so masterfully tuned to heightening your paranoia about EVERY single little detail that you can't help but be engrossed by it.
A slow burn that explodes in ways weird and great.
This review of The Invitation (2016) was written by Antonx2 on 06 Apr 2020.
The Invitation has generally received positive reviews.
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