You’re Cordially Invited

2025  Amazon MGM Studios

Rated:  R

Length:  1 hr  49min

Comedy

Directed by:  Nicholas Stoller

Starring:  Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Stony Blyden and Meredith Hagner.

“And we can rely on each other, ah ha. From one lover to another, ah ha.”

When I saw the trailer I knew it was a comedy, even though it centers around two weddings. I saw where some have referred to it as a Rom-Com……that it is not. I like will Ferrell and you have to love Reese Witherspoon, so I was excited to see a brand new streaming movie that featured the two of them together. Will Ferrell is playing Jim, a widowed father raising his young adult daughter Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan) by himself. Jenni comes home from college and tells him that she is getting married to her boyfriend Oliver (Stony Blyden), who just happened to come home with her.

Jim is less than thrilled and after coming to terms with the fact his daughter wants to get married, calls the resort where he and his wife had gotten married. The elderly lady that owns the resort still remembers Jim and she assures him that she will hold his reservation without a card (as he is considered family), and unbeknownst to Jim, as he hangs up, she drops dead of a heart attack. The pen she was using ran out of ink and she collapsed before she could get another one. But Jim, Jenni, Oliver and Jenni’s girlfriends make plans for the wedding at the resort the following year not knowing there is no reservation written down for them.

Margo (Reese Witherspoon) has just been informed by her baby sister Neve (Meredith Hagner) that she is pregnant and she is getting married to her boyfriend Dixon (Jimmy Tatro). Margo insists that she wants to pay for the wedding and calls the resort on the island where her Grandma used to live. Margo uses her credit card and makes a reservation for the same weekend as Jim, whose name is not on the books. Margo and Neve make plans for the whole family to join them at the resort for the wedding.

And that’s where the real comedy starts as Margo and Jim both show up on the island at the same time with their entourages, wondering who the other people are that are there. There is only room enough on the resort for one wedding at a time and two wedding parties have shown up! It was pretty funny. I mean it is exactly what you think it’s going to be. Funny, goofy, a little dumb, with lots of fighting and escapades between Jim and Margo as they try to assert their wedding over the other. The chemistry between Will and Reese was ok in a comedic way. But there was no romance between the two, they just don’t go together in that way.

There was a ton of music in the film, with a surprise karaoke version of Islands In The Stream. Stay tuned in at the end as the credits roll because there is more to be seen! Peyton Manning, Nick Jonas and Bobby Moynihan from Saturday Night Live all have a cameo in the movie. SO what did I think?

It was good. It was worth a watch. Definitely some laughs in there and I LOVE the alligator! Yes….I Loved the alligator. I don’t want to spoil it for you so I’ll just say this….It’s good goofy fun and worth watching, at least watch it for the alligator! I liked Will and Reese too, they seemed like they had a lot of fun with this one. Give it a go!