Unlike her debut, Booksmart, there’s a real sense of formalism at work here, and this update on dark relationship comedies that leave the participants wounded and weary but wiser suggests at a big leap forward.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2026
The Invite has the elements of a lot of classic comedies, a genre that’s been in short supply theatrically.
Ludwigsen played each of the five commercial slapsticks five times in an anechoic environment, minimizing any acoustic room effects with absorbing wedges.
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