Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ Gets Standing Ovation At Sundance World Premiere

There’s been a sting of standing ovations, which don’t happen often at Sundance, the third of which from our count was tonight’s world premiere of Olivia Wilde’s sexual comedy The Invite at the Eccle Theatre. And at a time when comedies are rare on the big screen, here’s one that triggered back-to-back shared laughter from the crowd.

Pic follows two couples who live in the same apartment complex; Edward Norton and Penelope Cruz’s progressive, sexually open couple, and Seth Rogen and Wilde’s married in misery twosome. The two couples get together for wine, cheese and dessert — with a lot of laughs and something that speaks to middle age.

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