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The Invitation
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3014
- IMDb #3132
- Google retired #3706
- Rotten Tomatoes #1678
- Metacritic #1586
- Letterboxd #3120
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1027
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2678
- Metacritic Critics #1128
- Metacritic Audience #2659
- Douban #2641
- Kinopoisk #5090
- AlloCiné #3662
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Douban on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90. Critics average 82, everyone else 62.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man attends a dinner party at his former home, hosted by his ex-wife and her new husband. The hosts have returned from a retreat with a mysterious group and seem profoundly changed. As the night progresses, the evening takes on a sinister tone, and he becomes increasingly convinced that the couple has a horrifying ulterior motive for the gathering.
Details
- Director
- Karyn Kusama
- Writers
- Matt Manfredi, Phil Hay
- Studio
- XYZ Films, Gamechanger Films, Lege Artis, The Invitation
- Released
- 8 April 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $354.8K
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award 2015 | Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award | Winner |
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