You're Cordially Invited
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): January 30, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
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80
The TimesKevin MaherJan 31, 2025
This is impossibly strong writing for a wacky comedy. Read full review
80
LooperCynthia VinneyJan 28, 2025
You're Cordially Invited is good at what it does, even if you won't be thinking about it long after the credits roll. And if you do think of it, all you'll do is laugh. Read full review
75
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJan 30, 2025
Courtesy of charming and goofy performances by Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon as strangers who find themselves at war over their loved ones’ weddings, it’s amusing enough to do just fine on a screen of any size. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJan 28, 2025
Ferrell and Witherspoon play off each other with impeccable timing, and the supporting cast (which includes a couple of celebrity cameos) is universally terrific. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushMatt SingerJan 31, 2025
Stoller cooked up a solid premise, assembled a funny cast, gave them some good scenes to play and lines to deliver, and let them do their thing. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 29, 2025
Whether they’re playing naughty or nice, Witherspoon and Ferrell are two of the rare stars who can be charming even when trying to sabotage someone else’s most important moment, and You’re Cordially Invited is most fun when they’re on the warpath. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 28, 2025
Whether they’re playing naughty or nice, Witherspoon and Ferrell are two of the rare stars who can be charming even when trying to sabotage someone else’s most important moment, and You’re Cordially Invited is most fun when they’re on the warpath. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFeb 3, 2025
You’re Cordially Invited is reheated comedy leftovers, for the most part, but there’s enough warmth, sentimentality, and belly laughs to make for a raucous timewaster. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 3, 2025
The picture, which is earning dismissive reviews in some quarters, wouldn’t work without the oddball, mismatched chemistry between Witherspoon and Ferrell, who are a walking sight gag when they’re in the same shot. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJan 30, 2025
If You’re Cordially Invited strains to bring its amped-up, often wearying feud to a satisfying conclusion, the stars give it their best shot, while the ringers do their thing with blithe assurance. Read full review
63
The Associated PressJake CoyleJan 29, 2025
The combination works well enough, though it’d be fairer to deem “You’re Cordially Invited” a funnier-than-average wedding movie than it would be a top-grade Ferrell comedy. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 5, 2025
It’s all lightly reminiscent of Bride Wars, the cat-fighty 2009 farce with Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson doing very unfeminist things to ringfence their perfect day. You’re Cordially Invited has a little more heart than that: it hits an average yet amiable stride. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJan 31, 2025
You’re Cordially Invited might have been better off ditching the rom of it all entirely, but Stoller is good enough at this that even if the rest of his movie consists of two slightly discordant halves, both are pretty solid. Read full review
60
EmpireBen TravisJan 31, 2025
Not as funny as you’d hope – and yet the emotional character work pays off, right down to a sweet epilogue. Romcom fans should attend. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJan 30, 2025
The real win here is watching Witherspoon and Ferrell show off, both unrestrained by a harder rating and a more raucous script than the norm and while their escalation of bad behaviour might not be quite as bad as it could have been, they both make for wonderfully petty antiheroes. Read full review
50
ObserverOliver JonesFeb 3, 2025
The enterprise snaps to life only sporadically, primarily when its well-chosen character actors manage to steal moments of vitality away from the profound indifference that surrounds them. Read full review
50
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonJan 30, 2025
There is something off about You’re Cordially Invited, some sense that the whole thing never clicks into place. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJan 30, 2025
Destined to be forgotten in the wasteland that stretches between the actor’s best work and his worst, this dumb-but-not-dumb-enough, simultaneously heartwarming and disheartening film features layer upon layer of wedding-disaster clichés (complete with a trashed cake). Read full review
50
Screen RantRachel LaBonteJan 28, 2025
Witherspoon and Ferrell play off each other fairly well, but I'm not convinced they have the chemistry necessary to pull off some later developments that I won't spoil here (but honestly, it's easy to guess what it is fairly early on). Throw in some big cameos that really don't go anywhere — the trailer already revealed Peyton Manning, who does nothing — and you get a fit-to-bursting comedy that's only intermittently successful. Read full review
50
IGNA.A. Dowd Jan 28, 2025
Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon can’t quite salvage You're Cordially Invited, a comedy that's as overcrowded as the dueling nuptials it depicts. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeFeb 3, 2025
The wildly uneven wedding clash comedy You’re Cordially Invited is certainly in the vicinity of terrible on numerous occasions. Read full review
40
TimeStephanie ZacharekJan 30, 2025
In an age of chaos, what we really need is focus, and You’re Cordially Invited chases down every distraction in sight. Read full review
40
SlateDana StevensJan 30, 2025
Sadly, You’re Cordially Invited eventually founders on the same rocky shores as many recent attempts to revive the rom-com. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 28, 2025
Ferrell works hard, very hard, to put the material over, and to his credit, he occasionally succeeds by dint of his boundless comic energy. And Witherspoon, returning to the sort of broad comedy with which she triumphed in such films as Legally Blonde, matches him effectively with her sharp timing and appealing screen persona. Read full review
40
ColliderIsabella SoaresJan 28, 2025
What starts as a promising storyline soon dwindles as tired tropes take center stage and no sparks fly between the main pair. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkJan 30, 2025
By the time You’re Cordially Invited finds the correct mode to operate in, it’s about five minutes before the end credits roll. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittJan 30, 2025
It’s a bizarrely off-kilter affair that’s forcibly heartfelt and sentimental in one scene and overly mean-spirited in the next, and not even a few choice moments and some enjoyable surrounding weirdos can help two A-listers in way over their heads. Read full review
35
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanJan 30, 2025
While Stoller’s script does boast a few solid laughs, everyone involved deserves and can do better. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubBrianna ZiglerJan 31, 2025
You’re Cordially Invited is a rigorously unoriginal and uncreative film, in compliance with the flat mundanity of content that the streaming giants want their audiences to bask in. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonJan 29, 2025
It’s a film that feels instantly antiquated, despite its attempts to capture Gen Z angst. Read full review
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