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‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Review: Comedy Pros Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell Vow to Ruin One Another’s Weddings
Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play the sister and father of two brides fighting over the same venue in Nicholas Stoller's winning comedy.
As Jim, Ferrell is the first to be introduced, fussing over his Gen Z daughter Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan), who disturbs the balance with her widower dad when she announces she’s engaged to Stony Blyden’s one-dimensional Oliver (the grooms-to-be can’t be too memorable, or they’d pull focus from the adults). Ever since Jenni’s mom died, Jim has pinned all his happiness on her feelings, and when it comes time for his only girl to get married, he wants everything to be perfect — so he calls the Palmetto House, the island resort where he and his late wife tied the knot, and books the venue. For her part, Witherspoon is back in “Sweet Home Alabama” mode, assuming that character had never gotten hitched in the first place: She plays Margot, a high-strung Los Angeles TV producer who’s cut off nearly all contact with her judgmental Georgia family, apart from her younger sister, Nev (Meredith Hagner), who’s madly in love with a devoted but dense Chippendales dancer (Jimmy Tatro).
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