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The Invite Review: A tense, funny chamber comedy that finds its footing
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- The story was adapted from Cesc Gay’s Spanish stage play Els vens de dalt and has previously been translated into an Italian, Swiss, French, South Korean and now American production.
- When a story has been refashioned as many times as this one, it usually means it has the structure and strength of a sturdy house-it can easily redecorate and be readily identifiable.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. The story of a clashing couple trapped in a small space and the walls closing in is not a new tale told in the annals of cinema but Olivia Wilde’s The Invite slots into a decent place somewhere in the middle of that very storied tradition.
The story was adapted from Cesc Gay’s Spanish stage play Els vens de dalt and has previously been translated into an Italian, Swiss, French, South Korean and now American production.
When a story has been refashioned as many times as this one, it usually means it has the structure and strength of a sturdy house-it can easily redecorate and be readily identifiable.
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