Set over one wine-soaked evening, the film follows the bickering Joe (Seth Rogen), an unhappy music professor, and Angela (Wilde), whose desperate attempt to impress their upstairs neighbours descends into a night of brutal honesty.
Their guests, the sexually liberated Pina (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton), represent a freewheeling ideal that forces Joe and Angela to confront the fatigue of their own marriage. Shot on glorious 35mm with a score by Dev Hynes (Blood Orange), Wilde balances witty, fast-paced dialogue from writers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack with a stylish, classic cinematic feel.
It is a deftly choreographed, cringe-to-laugh exploration of non-monogamy and the performative masks of coupledom, proving that some invitations lead to exactly the awakening you weren’t expecting.