\u201cThe Invite,\u201d directed by star Olivia Wilde<\/a>, is an English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish film \u201cThe People Upstairs\u201d with a screenplay from \u201cParks and Rec\u201d star Rashida Jones and her writing partner Will McCormack.<\/p>\n In the comedy, married couple Angela (Wilde) and Joe (Seth Rogen<\/a>) invite their upstairs neighbors Pi\u00f1a (Penelope Cruz<\/a>) and Hawk (Edward Norton) over for a dinner party to impress them. Joe and Angela\u2019s long marriage is on thin ice already, but as the evening progresses and unexpected proposals are made, things begin to spiral out of control.<\/p>\n The Post and Page Six\u2019s entertainment critic Johnny Oleksinski gave the \u201csophisticated, snappy, seductive and stupendously funny\u201d film four stars when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival<\/a> in January, noting it \u201cshould go down as one of the best of 2026.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThe phenomenal script is a bullet train of mean slights, awkward miscommunications, deception and \u201coh no!\u201d bombshells,\u201d his review read. \u201cAnd Wilde, her actors \u2014 especially masterful Rogen \u2014 and editor are silliness savants.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018The Invite\u2019 digital release date<\/p>\n \u201cThe Invite\u201d is streaming on-demand on platforms like Prime Video<\/a> now! \u201cThe Invite\u201ds digital release date is today, Aug. 11.<\/p>\n How to watch \u2018The Invite\u2019 at home<\/p>\n \u201cThe Invite\u201d is available for digital purchase on Prime Video<\/a>. The film costs $24.99 to buy or $19.99 to rent.<\/p>\n If you choose the rental option, you\u2019ll have 30 days to begin watching the movie and 48 hours of access once you\u2019ve pressed play. <\/p>\n \u2018The Invite\u2019 cast guide<\/p>\n Check out the trailer for \u2018The Invite\u2019<\/p>\n Why Trust Page Six Shopping<\/strong><\/p>\n This article was written by Angela Tricarico<\/a>, Commerce Streaming Reporter for the New York Post<\/a>, Page Six, and Decider<\/a>. Angela keeps readers up to date with information on how to watch<\/a> all of your favorite reality TV shows and movies on each streaming service. Not only does Angela test and compare the streaming services she writes about to ensure readers are getting the best prices<\/a>, but she\u2019s also a superfan specializing in the intersection of shopping, tech, sports, celebrities and pop culture. Prior to joining The Post in 2023, she wrote about streaming and consumer tech at Insider Reviews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Page Six may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[73779,18,117,10033,19,17,327,37540,83886,149410,23567,826],"class_list":["post-631603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-edward-norton","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-how-to-watch","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-olivia-wilde","tag-penelope-cruz","tag-rashida-jones","tag-seth-rogen","tag-streaming"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117076813554761026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"the](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/136996412.jpg\")
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Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde play married couple Joe and Angela in \u201cThe Invite.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n\n