In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE INVITATION (2022), currently playing on Netflix. Written by Blair Butler anddirected by Jessica M. Thompson, the film follows Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel), a young woman who’s recently lost her mother to cancer and who is grieving and feeling lost and rudderless without family. By some coincidence, she takes a test to find out moreabout her ancestry and is contacted by someonewhosays he is her cousin (Hugh Skinner). They meet andheconvinces her to travel with himto England for a relative’s wedding. There she meets the mysterious and alluring De Ville (Thomas Doherty) who she feels a magnetic pull towards but are things as they seem or is Evie embroiled in an extremely detrimental situation? The film has a run time of 1 h and 45 m and is rated PG-13. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.

Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library