You are cordially invited, a comedy, drama movie, was released early this year, with Will Ferrell being the lead actor. He played the role of Jim, a single parent who lost his wife and lives with his only daughter. On the other hand is a lady, Margot, played by Reese Witherspoon, who is a TV producer who doesn't really get along well with her family aside from her little sister.
Things go a little haywire-ish when Jim (Will Ferrell) booked his daughter's wedding on the same day and venue with Margot's (ReeseWitherspoon) younger sister. It was quite a funny situation seeing that Jim called and booked the venue first but somehow Margot's name happened to be on the register and not his. Technically, Jim's name was on the register before her's but the pen used to write his name was out of ink and the old lady who was the owner of the place had a heart attack while she was writing his name on the register.
It was really fun seeing Will Ferrell on scene again after a while now. I think the last time I saw something from him was in Spirited being released in 2022 where he played along side Ryan Reynolds, another favorite actor of mine. Jim tries to cope with the experiences of being a single dad after the demise of his wife.
His bond with his only daughter had gotten really strong that he froze for a few minutes when his daughter broke the news to him that she was getting married. His first instinct was to disapprove of the wedding, claiming that she was still young, which was true given that she was still in highschool. But the real reason was because he was scared of being lonely now that his daughter was about spending the rest of her life with someone else.
The movie gave me what I was expecting. It's hard to watch a Will Ferrell movie without laughing uncontrollably. Before starting the film I already predicted that I was going to laugh out really hard especially after watching the trailer of the movie, so I just respected myself and went outside my room to the compound so as not to disturb my roommate with my laughs. I put on earpiece while watching the movie and had no idea how loud I was laughing till someone passing by outside came to me and asked what was cracking me up.
When Jim and Margot initially found out that they had been double booked, they both refused to leave the venue for each other. But for some reason, Jim decided to leave it for Margot and her younger sister while they find another venue. But after narrating his sad story to Margot about how he and his late wife had their wedding ceremony in that place and how he had wished the same for his daughter, it really touched Margot and out of empathy she suggested that they share the venue since it was like an inn, a very large inn, and it had various sections. Jim seemed okay with the idea and agreed to it.
Things went smoothly between Jim and Margot until he overheard Margot saying some things about his daughter Jenni and it got him offended. This annoyed him and brought out another side of him. This caused a rift between Jim and Margot. Technically, Jim made the first move by ruining the moment when Margot's sister was exchanging vows with her soon to be husband. Margot vowed to return the favor. And the battle began.
I think the actors all played their roles perfectly. The genre description of the movie was mainly comedy and they delivered it perfectly. I completely understood Jim's fondness for his daughter but it seemed as though it was kind of too much, especially watching the scene where he and his daughter did a duet of a song in the inn in front of the guests which sounded kind of too sexual for a father and his daughter to be singing together. Even his daughter found it a bit strange that she had to ask her dad why they performed such a song and he explained by telling her that was the song he and her mother sang to enable fall asleep when she was a kid.
I must say I kind of saw Jim and Margot connecting with each other at the end of the film despite their cat and rat drama with each other. I feel the age rating on the movie was a little bit exaggerated because I didn't really see anything too serious for a kid below 15 years old to view, or maybe except for the side where Margot's younger sister's husband who is an exotic dancer danced with his crew before Margot towards the end of the movie in an exotic manner.
I kind of feel that it was crazy seeing that Jim went through all the stress for booking the venue and having a battle with Margot on his daughter's behalf only for his daughter and her husband to dissolve the wedding, admitting that they were still young, which was exactly what Jim had mentioned to her initially when she broke the engagement news to him. But still, all these didn't make me love the movie any less. On a scale of 1-10 I'm giving it a 9. It was worth my time. I'm likely to even rewatch it and that's the reason why I haven't deleted it from my phone just yet. Thanks for reading, see you next time!