The Uninvited movie review

MOVIE TITLE: The Uninvited

This insightful dramedy has its worldwide release on streaming platforms on November 19, 2024.

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 37 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: A

IN A NUTSHELL:

The story is about a former actress in the Hollywood Hills who is now married and a stay-at-home mom. She and her husband throw a party with some A-listers in the movie industry when an elderly woman arrives at their home, claiming it as her own.

The insightful comedy was written and directed by Nadia Conners. Already, the film has won “Best Drama” at the San Diego International Film Festival. Congrats to the team!

THINGS I LIKED:

The leads are fantastic and include Walton Goggins, Elizabeth Reaser,and Lois Smith.
Other outstanding cast members include Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell, Michael Panes, Eva De Dominici, and Kate Comer.
The pacing is energetic with enough quiet moments to really think about some of the things people said.
The dialogue is witty, deep, and leaves you in a very reflective mood.
A photographer takes photos of the party guests’ auras. How interesting!
The story that Rose told her mother offers intriguing metaphors about love and life.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

I can always do without the profanity, drunkedness, and drugs…

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

Kids will be bored.
Some crude language, profanity, including F-bombs
Alcohol and cigarettes
Some people snort lines of Cocaine
We see a lot of cleavage

THEMES:

Womanhood
Aging and dementia
The desire to be important
Kindness
Identity
Relationships
Love and loss
Regret
Infidelity
Life’s expectations
Time
Marriage
Motherhood
Hollywood’s standards of beauty and success

FUNNY LINES:

“And Rose said I couldn’t survive the apocalypse.” – Sammy (Walton Goggins)
“That doesn’t even sound remotely like a sentence your brain could manufacture.” – Rose (Elizabeth Reaser)

INTERESTING LINES:

“I want you to feel something!” – Rose (Elizabeth Reaser)
“Without a sense of time, we’d just be lost, alone in the dark.” – Rose (Elizabeth Reaser)
“You swear too much. It cheapens life. What’s the good of even getting dressed in the morning if all is obscenity?” – Helen
“I thought you liked being a mother.” – fancy Latina “No. No. I do not. It’s lonely. And no one tells you that no matter how much help you seek from experts, there’s no way to fix that loneliness because the person you miss is yourself.” – Rose (Elizabeth Reaser)