FILM
THE UNINVITED
“Get a grip!”
She couldn’t find her kitchen tongs anywhere.
PARTYING-HARD TRUTHS IN HOLLYWOOD
★★★
OUT 9 MAY / CERT 15 / 98 MINS
DIRECTOR Nadia Conners
CAST Elizabeth Reaser, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Pedro Pascal, Rufus Sewell, Eva De Dominici
PLOT Under-strain Hollywood couple Sammy (Goggins) and Rose (Reaser) throw a party that’s crashed by two uninvited guests (Smith, Pascal). Chaos ensues.
‘WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW’ goes the old adage, and Hollywood scribes have long dipped their sharp quills into the inky working methods and attitudes of their own industry. And it’s not about to stop anytime soon — as Hollywood continues to navigate the seismic changes of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, streaming platforms, the pandemic and the SAG-AFTRA strike, and just as Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ series The Studio gears up for its finale, we now have Nadia Conners’ heartfelt comedy-drama The Uninvited landing in cinemas to take its turn peering beyond the veneer.