‘The Invite’ Is a Hilarious Social Nightmare, With Olivia Wilde!
7/10/20261 hr 38 min
On today’s show, Sean and Amanda invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbor Chris Ryan for an episode that spirals into unexpected places, because they’re discussing Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite.’ They praise Wilde for her incredible sense of direction, celebrate the connective tissue between the wonderful writing and the distinct performances, and explore whether they read the ending as optimistic or pessimistic. Then, they share their personal top five “nightmare couple movies” of all time. Finally, Sean is joined by Wilde to dive deep into her new film. She explains why she feels we're very isolated in our culture now, how you know whether you’re giving the right performance in a movie you’re directing, and why this film had no chance being made within the studio system.
(0:00) Intro
(1:13) ‘The Invite’
(20:40) Spoiler alert
(45:37) The top five nightmare couple movies
(55:28) Olivia Wilde joins the show!
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Chris Ryan
Producer: Jack Sanders
Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh
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First 90 secondsSean Fennessey· Host0:00
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Amanda Dobbins· Host0:48
I'm Amanda Dobbins.
Sean Fennessey· Host0:49
And this is The Big Picture, a conversation show about The Invite. Today on the show, you're invited into a deep dive into a very funny, very middle-aged dark night of the soul. The Invite is a sharp-tongued and even more sharply made four-hander dramedy starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Edward Norton, and Penélope Cruz. It's an old-fashioned dinner party stress test, and one of the more entertaining movies of the year. I'm very happy that Olivia Wilde, who's not just the star but the director of the movie, is on the show. We talked about how she made it, why she made it, why she decided to star in it, and a lot of other things. CR is also here to deep dive into the movie with us. We'll talk about it right after this. This episode of The Big Picture is presented by Amazon Prime. One of the best things about streaming is that you never just pick a title,