Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon’s Prime Video movie seems destined to be a streaming hit. I’m not sure it should be.

Are you with Reese Witherspoon or Will Ferrell? “You're Cordially Invited,” a new comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller, brings together two stars whose movie worlds are nearly as divided as wedding guests on separate sides of the aisle.

The most surprising thing about this by-the-numbers comedy, in fact, is that it comes to us from writer-director Nicholas Stoller. He updated Kermit & Co. so delightfully in “The Muppets,” tartly reconceived the revenge rom-com with “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” and scored on the small screen with both “Platonic” and the updated “Goosebumps.”

Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are rivals who crash each other's wedding parties in the unfunny Prime Video rom-com "You're Cordially Invited."

Prime Video will release the new comedy 'You're Cordially Invited,' starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, on January 30.

Their characters deal with a major hitch as their family members get hitched in a consistently funny wedding comedy.

"It's as funny a movie as you're going to see in terms of just letting loose and letting it rip," Ferrell said alongside his co-star at a London preview of the film.

Synthetic as it all is, Nicholas Stoller’s romcom clears the watchability bar and hits an average yet amiable stride

In this flick, directed by Nicholas Stoller of Bad Neighbours fame, Ferrell and Witherspoon play bitter rivals fighting over a wedding venue booked for the same day – a plot that harks back to noughties classics like Bride Wars and Wedding Crashers.

If you ever should find yourself at a karaoke bar one night and happen to spot Reese Witherspoon or Will Ferrell nestled somewhere in a corner, there’s at least one song (in Will’s case two) that will cause them to grab the mic and happily storm the stage.

You’re Cordially Invited has officially premiered on our 2025 movie schedule, starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell. While the comedian-actor declared he and his newest costar are the unexpected dream team,