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Review
Pop Culture Happy Hour
‘The Invite’ is a marriage comedy with sex and heart
July 13, 20263:00 AM ET
Linda Holmes
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Aisha Harris
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Hafsa Fathima
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Liz Metzger
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Jessica Reedy
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
The Invite
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Penelope Cruz and Oli
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What happens when a simple dinner party goes off the rails? That’s the premise of The Invite, a very good new comedy directed by Oli invite their neighbors over for a meal, played by Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton. And it’s a heck of a dinner party, full of frank talk about sex and its complications
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