Audiences surprisingly RSVP’d to observe Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon’s lackluster new comedy You’re Cordially Invited, which debuted Thursday, Jan. 30, on Prime Video. The truth is, director Nicholas Stoller’s critically maligned movie at present (Feb. 1) ranks No. 1 on the streaming service’s Prime 10 Total and Prime 10 Motion pictures charts (per FlixPatrol).
Sadly, Ferrell and Witherspoon’s small-screen teaming tanked with the vast majority of critics. Frank Scheck writes in The Hollywood Reporter’s evaluation: “A relentlessly vulgar and witless affair that not even the skills of stars Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon and a comedically gifted supporting solid can rescue.” Peter Debruge of Selection says:
“The Prime [Video] launch ought to play nice at any scale whereas its stars are crossed at each other, however miscalculates their chemistry in a gratuitous and barely icky epilogue.”
A.A. Dowd took issues a step additional in IGN’s evaluation (5/10 stars) by saying:
“You are Cordially Invited is overcrowded: There are too many kooky supporting characters, too many broad hijinks, an excessive amount of syrupy sentimentality when the battle between these frazzled saboteurs threatens to get too imply.”
MovieWeb’s evaluation (2.5/5 stars) declares the “marriage ceremony fiasco flatlines regardless of robust expertise.” A majority of these critiques have solely collected since You’re Cordially Invited hit streaming to shut out January, and, in consequence, the Ferrell and Witherspoon-led debacle registers solely 47% on the Tomatometer in opposition to 64 evaluations posted to Rotten Tomatoes. Sadly, audiences who’ve seen the brand new comedy aren’t shopping for in both.
Audiences Are Additionally Disenchanted in ‘You are Cordially Invited’
Nobody is ever going to confuse You’re Cordially Invited with considered one of Will Ferrell’s greatest motion pictures, or Reese Witherspoon’s both. Sadly, the information doesn’t get any higher for his or her new comedy as a result of the followers are bashing director Nicholas Stoller’s prepare wreck even worse than the critics are. The truth is, one such viewers member, Britt H., described You’re Cordially Invited as “scorching rubbish” on Rotten Tomatoes. One other viewer, Adam R., wrote:
“TERRIBLE SCRIPT AND AN EQUALLY TERRIBLE PLOT. Whereas Witherspoon and Ferrell each ship okay performances, the movie itself simply doesn’t have any laugh-out-loud moments, and the entire premise is simply silly. One other lazily written bland comedy so as to add to the streaming checklist. The one constructive is the star energy of the 2 lead characters, however all the things else is simply terrible.”
One other streamer’s disappointment and wit each shined via when he (Ken W.) wrote on RT:
Please burn this movie. You’d be doing everybody within the credit the largest favor of their profession.
David B. added:
“A extremely terrible film, there actually is not a likable character within the film. I usually actually like Reece Witherspoon, however her character was actually terrible. Will Ferrell usually has me laughing, however the character was simply actually creepy. I by no means laughed as soon as. The one a part of the movie I loved was Reece Witherspoon’s signing in the long run titles.”
Because of these poor reactions, You’re Cordially Invited has completely zero likelihood of ever being “Verified Scorching” on Rotten Tomatoes. The truth is, Ferrell and Witherspoon’s team-up solely registered 37% on the Popcornmeter, previously the RT viewers rating, in opposition to 250+ scores. That’s even worse than the movie’s 47% Tomatometer score.
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Thankfully, contemplating You’re Cordially Invited’s poor evaluations and reactions, Prime Video doesn’t’ have wherever to go however up in 2025 because the 12 months strikes ahead. Because it seems, the streaming service did not too long ago obtain some excellent news the place its competitors with Netflix is anxious, and followers shouldn’t overlook that Invincible Season 3 hits Prime Video on Feb. 6.
Plus, there are many different worthwhile titles looming on the streaming service’s horizon, together with Reacher Season 3 (Feb. 20) and The Wheel of Time Season 3 (Mar. 13). It’s only a disgrace to see Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon fall flat on their faces, however not all their movies might be as memorable as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Legally Blonde respectively. Nevertheless, for individuals who need to give it a go, You are Cordially Invited is now streaming on Prime Video.
You are Cordially Invited
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January 30, 2025
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0 Minutes
- Director
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Nicholas Stoller
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Nicholas Stoller