The ending of You're Cordially Invited on Prime Video, explained

Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell's latest romantic comedy movie, You're Cordially Invited, is now streaming globally on Amazon Prime Video. The film, which dropped on January 30, 2025, is written and directed by Nicholas Stoller, who is known for his comedic works such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), and Neighbors (2014), among other films.

You're Cordially Invited explores an array of hilarious situations that arise when two families arrive at the same exotic location for their respective weddings, following a freak twist of events. According to IMDb, the official plot synopsis of the film is:

When two weddings are double-booked at the same venue, the father of one bride and the sister of the other bride try to preserve the wedding weekend.

The plot follows Jim (portrayed by Will Ferrell), a loving single father who has booked a plush resort for the wedding of his daughter, Jenni, with her finace Oliver, on June 1. At the same time, Margot (portrayed by Reese Witherspoon) ends up booking the same place on the same date for her sister Neve's wedding with her partner Daxon.

The error is an outcome of a freaky death at the hotel around the time of the bookings that led to all the misunderstanding. Now, both the wedding parties have arrived at the resort at the same time, and must find a way to ensure the ceremony goes off well even as all hell theratens to break lose.

Towards the end, after many chaos and vengeful fights, Jim and Margot find love in each other, and Jim ends up proposing to Margot. However, fearing another catastrophic wedding scene, Margot rejects it and, rather, suggests him eloping together.

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You're Cordially Invited: Ending explored

A still from 'You're Cordially Invited' (Image via @YouTube/PrimeVideo)

The ending in You're Cordially Invited, pertaining to Jim and Margot's romantic journey, follows the classic 'enemies to lover' trope, as two people who are at loggerheads upon meeting are ultimately united by fate. Towards the end, they find a connection and love unexpectedly, once they share their stories and relate to each other, and begin empathising with one another.

After all, Margot and Jim had the same objective, as they were driven by love for their family and were stuck in the same situation. They ended up filling the void in each other's lives, completing each other.

At the start of You're Cordially Invited, when both the wedding parties arrive at the wedding location and learn about the double booking, Jim and Margot spark off a no-holds-barred battle against each other, as both of them are trying hard to stand by their loved ones and secure the venue for their family's wedding.

Spoilers ahead

As Jim and Margot engage in a series of squabbles and showdowns, there are several plot spins, too. Neve reveals to Margot she is pregnant, though the sisters are reluctant to reveal the news to others. Margot, in a drunken haze, accidentally injures Jenni in the eye, leading to a revenge spree between her and Jim by attempting to sabotage each other's family wedding.

At one stage, Margot and Jim come together, open up about themselves and work things out. However, things complicate after a drift occurs between Jenni and Oliver due to a misunderstanding owing to Margot. Jim gets tangled in the issue pertaining to the misunderstanding, and Jenni relationship with her father hits a rough patch.

Margot too, goes through several revelations and confrontations with her family amidst the completion of Neve and Dixon's wedding. Slapstick mixes with melodrama as Margot is wounded by an alligator, after she finds Jim hilariously trying to wrestle with the beast in a room.

Towards the end, Margot and Jim share a romantic kiss after they reconcile with their respective families, and the news of Jenni and Oliver's wedding getting annulled is revealed, though they continue living together as a couple. After days pass by, Jim and Margot meet each other again along with Margot's family, where Jim proposes to Margot but she suggests running away together.

What led them to the chaos in You're Cordially Invited?

The wedding place holds an imperative emotional value for both Jim and Margot. Jim, too, had his wedding with Jenni's deceased mother at the same venue years ago. His late wife succumbed to cancer when Jenni was very young, leading to Jim becoming an overprotective father, who continuously tends to smother his daughter with overbearing love. It is almost as if he is trying to overcompensate for the absence of a maternal figure in Jenni's life. Jim leaves no stone unturned to be the perfect father, and hence the father-daughter duo shares a close and heartwarming relationship. The scene of Jim doing Jenni's hair is too cute to miss out.

For Margot, it is her and Neve's grandmother's memories that are attached to this place. Margot, who is mostly immersed in her work as a television producer, is having a turbulent relationship with her family, especially her mother. However, she loves her sister Neve and is striving to make things perfect for her.

Jim and Margot both cross paths, though, and get embroiled in a chaotic mess because the hotel has double-booked their weddings. On the day Jim calls for an appointment, Scarlett, the original owner of the resort, accepts his booking for the specific date — June 1 — but suddenly passes away before she can enter the same in the resort register. Later, Margot calls for an appointment for June 1, and the new manager finalizes the date for Neve's wedding, without knowing of Jim's appointment.