“You;re Cordially Invited” partial poster.
The new Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon comedy You’re Cordially Invited is new on streaming. How are critics reacting to it?
Rated R, You’re Cordially Invited—a Prime Video original movie—arrived on the streaming service on Thursday.
The official summary for You’re Cordially Invited reads, “When two weddings are accidentally booked on the same day at the same venue, each bridal party is challenged with preserving their family’s special moment while making the most of the unanticipated tight quarters.
“In a hilarious battle of determination and grit, the father of the bride (Will Ferrell) and sister of the other bride (Reese Witherspoon) chaotically go head-to-head as they stop at nothing to uphold an unforgettable celebration for their loved ones.”
You’re Cordially Invited is written and directed by Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and also stars Geraldine Viswanathan, Fortune Feimster, Jack McBrayer and Bobby Moynihan.
Rotten Tomatoes critics to date have given You’re Cordially Invited a 50% “rotten” rating based on 24 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film is not yet available.
How Do Individual Critics Rate ‘You’re Cordially Invited’?
Among the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes who give You’re Cordially Invited a “fresh” review is Richard Roeper, who lauds the performances of Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon.
In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roeper writes, “Ferrell and Witherspoon play off each other with impeccable timing, and the supporting cast is universally terrific.”
Also praising the film’s leads in You’re Cordially Invited is Jake Coyle of The Associated Press, who writes in his review on RT, “That all of this hangs together is a testament, most of all, to Witherspoon deftness as a performer. In a movie in which Ferrell wrestles an alligator and Nick Jonas cameos (winningly) as a singing pastor, you don’t doubt Witherspoon for a moment.”
Peter Debruge of Variety also gives You’re Cordially Invited a “fresh” review on RT, writing, “The Prime release should play great at any scale while its stars are crossed at one another, but miscalculates their chemistry in a gratuitous and slightly icky epilogue.”
Among the critics who give You’re Cordially Invited a “rotten” review on RT is Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter, who writes, “A relentlessly vulgar and witless affair that not even the talents of stars Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon and a comedically gifted supporting cast can rescue.”
IGN Movies critic A.A. Dowd isn’t a fan of the film either, writing in his review on RT, “You’re Cordially Invited is overcrowded: There are too many kooky supporting characters, too many broad hijinks, too much syrupy sentimentality when the conflict between these frazzled saboteurs threatens to get too mean.”
You’re Cordially Invited is streaming exclusively on Prime Video.
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