Olivia Wilde’s 'The Invite' Explores the New Rules of Modern Marriage
Summary
Olivia Wilde directed a new comedy film called The Invite that explores open marriage and swinging couples in San Francisco through a dinner party story. The film focuses on how having relationships outside a marriage might affect that marriage, a topic not often shown in movies.Key Facts
- The Invite is a comedy directed by Olivia Wilde about open relationships and swinging couples.
- The story centers on Angela and Joe, a married couple invited to a party by their neighbors Hawk and Piña.
- Hawk and Piña reveal they want to include Angela and Joe in their sexual relationship, causing the couples to rethink their marriages.
- The film is notable because open marriage and polyamory are rarely shown positively in popular movies.
- Previous movies like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) touched on similar themes but did not focus deeply on couples considering open marriage.
- More Americans are delaying or skipping marriage; in 2021, 25% of 40-year-olds had never married, compared to 6% in 1980.
- Almost one-third of Americans say they prefer relationships that are not fully monogamous, and 9% are currently in open or polyamorous relationships, according to recent surveys.
- The Invite aims to start conversations about changing relationship norms through its portrayal of modern marriage issues.
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