You’re Cordially Invited Review: Double-Booked Weddings with Half the Fun
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On a small beautiful island venue that can only host one wedding per weekend, problems ensue when two families find themselves double booked due to an unfortunate accident. First comes a war over who gets to stay, then a surprise compromise, only to lead to a lot of chaos.
Directed and written by Nicholas Stoller, the 2025 comedy You’re Cordially Invited stars Will Ferrell as overprotective dad Jim, who isn’t ready for his barely-out-of-college daughter Jenni’s (Geraldine Viswanathan) wedding, while Reese Witherspoon plays Margot, a busy L.A. entertainment executive determined to oversee her baby sister Neve’s (Meredith Hagner) marriage. Both weddings are set at the same venue due to a double-booking mishap, putting Jim and Margot on a warpath against each other to ensure their celebration is better.
You’re Cordially Invited is kind of like a mash-up of Father of the Bride and Bride Wars, although it’s nowhere near as funny as one would hope a Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon collaboration to be. At least, however, it is funnier than Reese’s 2023 romantic comedy Your Place or Mine. Amid their wedding feuds, Ferrell’s Jim struggles to come to terms with his daughter moving out of the nest, while Witherspoon’s Margot has a hard time blending in with her own family – she doesn’t get along with her mother or her two other siblings, and cannot even name her nephews/nieces. Amid all the wedding stress, there’s some passive romantic sparks flying between the clingy dad and bossy sister, although, the chemistry feels pretty off.
Some of the jokes centered around Jenni’s Gen Z group are pretty hilarious in the film, like one scene where Jim cannot believe that best woman Heather (Keyla Monterroso Mejia), who was supposed to organize everything, never called the venue to check things – due to social anxiety (a popular cliché that Gen Z hates making phone calls). “I can do anything that doesn’t require a phone call!” Heather screams in defense when Jim questions her for never calling the venue to follow up. Keyla Monterroso Mejia is pretty comical in her few scenes as Jenni’s BFF. However, the film gets pretty repetitive and monotonous midway and it was a challenge to keep watching it until the end.
Overall, You’re Cordially Invited has a few laughs here and there and is as predictable as it can be, so watch it only if you’re a big fan of Will Ferrell or Reese Witherspoon. Keep your expectations slightly low, and it might seem a lot more entertaining.
Rating: 2 stars on 5. Watch the film on Prime Video.
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