Double Booked: The Hilarity of Wedding Chaos in 'You're Cordially Invited'

Michael Herst
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Hey, one more thing before you go. Weddings, chaos and comedy. Who'd have thought to team up Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon for a rom com? Did you ever think about that, Diane?

Diane Herst
00:00:10

No, I had never thought about that. But it worked.

Michael Herst
00:00:13

But it worked. I was just gonna say, did it work? Did the guy get the girl? Did the girl get the guy?

Diane Herst
00:00:18

Well, we're not gonna say.

Michael Herst
00:00:20

We're not gonna say. We're not gonna give away the ending. But find out more about this wonderful opportunity for a movie.

In this special over the Teacup Sunday episode, we dive into the latest buzz in the world of film when we discuss the much anticipated rom com. You're cordially invited. It hit screens in January 30, 2025, and it's a brilliant movie. I know that IMDb.

Some of the people on there really aren't thinking straight, but we're going to talk about that. I'm your host, Michael Hurst. I'm here with my lovely wife and co host, Diane.

Diane Herst
00:00:56

Hello, everyone.

Michael Herst
00:00:57

So grab your favorite cup of tea and whatever else you're drinking and let's have a conversation. Hello, Diane.

Diane Herst
00:01:19

Hello, Michael.

Michael Herst
00:01:20

I forgot to say, this is one more thing before you go. Welcome to the show over the Teacup Sunday over the Teacup Sunday with Michael and Diane. Yeah, we'll get it straight here pretty soon.

Diane Herst
00:01:32

It's fine. It's fine.

Michael Herst
00:01:34

They know we have the Grammys on our mind because the Grammys are about ready to start and we've been watching Grammy stuff all day. Yes. Not to be confused.

Diane Herst
00:01:45

I got my funky scarf on. It's got the monkey colors because it's, you know, great. Grammy.

Michael Herst
00:01:50

Grammy. Yeah. Not to be confused with grandma. Grammy. Grammy. These are the Grammys.

Diane Herst
00:01:56

The Grammys.

Michael Herst
00:01:56

The Grammys.

Diane Herst
00:01:57

Music. Music.

Michael Herst
00:01:58

Yes. Not that I ever called my grandma Grammy, but I've been watching too much of Sheldon Young. Sheldon. Mama. Grammy, you know.

Diane Herst
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Yeah. Meemaw, Memaw.

Michael Herst
00:02:11

Meemaw. That's it. Hey, let's talk a little bit about this film.

It stars the hilarious duo of Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon, is available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

And this movie takes the classic wedding comedy to new heights as two families accidentally double book the same wedding venue, leading to a series of chaotic and heartwarming events.

Diane Herst
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Yes.

Michael Herst
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So, yeah, it's called you're cordially invited.

Diane Herst
00:02:38

You're cordially invited. Yes.

Michael Herst
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Like I said. And you know, it's really cool the way they. We noticed that right off the bat how they actually present the opening Credits?

Diane Herst
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Yeah. As invitations, sort of.

Michael Herst
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Yeah. There's an invitation. Yeah.

Diane Herst
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Yeah.

It's pretty cool because it allows the audience to know exactly who is playing which part instead of just scrolling through the names and you're like, well, I don't know them by their name. Who is that you actually get to know right off the bat who the mother of the bride is, who the.

Michael Herst
00:03:15

You know, the relatives of the bride, who the. Who the bridesmaids are, who the best men are and that kind of a thing. So, yeah, I think what a unique perspective in doing that.

That was pretty slick when they did it that way, you know, and, you know, we saw the advertisements for it and everything, and at first you kind of think, does that really work? Does that dynamic work?

Diane Herst
00:03:34

Yeah, at first I was like Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon. Let me think about this for a second. But I mean, I love them both and everything. So I was like, okay, yeah, we.

Michael Herst
00:03:45

Just put them together. But they actually had been in something together, so I was going to surprise you with that. Yeah, I'll tell you about it in a few minutes.

So they actually did. They. They were in something on film together. Yeah. So it was kind of like. Yeah, they had. They had a previous little interlude. We'll call it that way.

Diane Herst
00:04:07

Okay. But, you know, I can't believe we missed that.

Michael Herst
00:04:12

Well, we didn't really miss it yet. We saw it. You'll recognize it when I bring it up to you.

Diane Herst
00:04:19

Oh, okay. I'm getting old.

Michael Herst
00:04:21

It'll be a surprise. It'll be a surprise. Yeah, it's just like getting up in the morning. Surprise, I'm awake.

Diane Herst
00:04:27

Surprise.

Michael Herst
00:04:29

Well, you know, wedding planning is always kind of unique. I mean, look, how many other movies have we watched?

The Wedding Crashers, there's a whole slew of stuff with the Wedding Planner, actually with Jennifer Lopez, and several other people have done it on different versions of it. Four Weddings and a Funeral.

You know, there's a lot of wedding themed movies, and we just watched it and actually reviewed it with Brooke Shields, you know, that was all about a wedding and planning a wedding and so forth.

Diane Herst
00:04:59

And who could forget Father of the Bride?

Michael Herst
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Oh, Father of the Bride. Yes, several of them. And the one afterwards, kind of a remake type one. So, yeah, we.

And we understand wedding planning never without its challenges because we've done it ourselves. We did our wedding. We were our own wedding planners.

Then we helped Caitlin and Cord with their wedding kind of as their wedding planners, you know, and that came with its own challenges within itself because, you know, you kind of. You have that dynamic.

I won't say unique dynamic, but we have that dynamic of who's doing what and who's paying for what and who's going to contribute the most and what the wedding is supposed to look like. And, you know, between the father of the bride, as you said earlier, and the mother of the bride and.

Or the father or mother of the groom, you know, there's always. You're kind of like, who's doing what. So, yeah, we had that before, but we're going to discuss the films.

We're going to discuss this film and how they portray the stress and the excitement of planning a big event like that. And I think, you know, it's. It is. We're not going to give a whole lot away other than something that you can't read, for example.

So, obviously, Will Ferrell is a father of the bride. Reese Witherspoon isn't actually the mother of the bride. No, wait a minute.

Diane Herst
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No, she's the sister.

Michael Herst
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She's the sister of the bride.

Diane Herst
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Of the other bride. Yes.

Michael Herst
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Yes. Of the other bride. I'll get it together here in a second.

Diane Herst
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There are two brides. There are two families.

Michael Herst
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Two brides. Two families. Because they're both trying to get the same place at the same time. They both kind of got double booked. And there's a twist to that.

We're not going to give that away. No, but they got double booked at this. This kind of. I guess it's kind of like the Hamptons.

You know, everybody goes, oh, I really want to get married at this place. We want to get married on that dock. We want to get married in this area. So, you know, and it books up quickly. So, you know, it. It.

There's a complication there that kind of happened to show up and great stories. You know, it's got a. It's got a wonderful. Obviously, we already know Will Ferrell and Weisch Witherspoon.

We know them in everything, so many things, especially Elf and Spirited with Will Ferrell, Ron Burgundy, and. What the hell was the name of that movie?

Diane Herst
00:07:38

Anchorman.

Michael Herst
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Anchorman. Thank you. Sounds like we know him and everything. I couldn't remember the name. And, of course, Reese Witherspoon has really come a long way.

Yeah, that was the first time we saw her. And what she has done with the production company. Her production company is involved with this.

So is Will Ferrell's production company, which I think is kind of cool. They both had, you know, creative input within this, and again, it's kind of you know, you look this, you don't. Not sure how it works, but it works.

Diane Herst
00:08:04

It does. We thought so. Apparently other people had other opinions.

Michael Herst
00:08:11

Well, you know, it's varied depending upon where you look. And, you know, IMDb I don't take.

And when I say this, I'm probably going to give some backlash, but in reality, it's one of these things that it's like anybody, everybody wants to be a critic. In this particular case, we're being a critic. We're giving you our opinions. We are aficionados when it comes to film, TV stars, movies.

We love every aspect of them, but we give you a wide verse of whether or not we really like something or whether we really don't like something or if something works or it doesn't work. So we try to give you more of a personal, family owned perspective of, hey, this is how we feel about it. You know, we're not here to sell anything.

We're not here. We don't get any payment. We don't get. Nope, you know, there's no, we don't get free stuff.

Diane Herst
00:08:56

No, we're not getting paid and we don't get any, any swag for this. I'd love some swag.

Michael Herst
00:09:03

We love some swag. But we're just here to promote it because, you know, we like to have good fun. This is our escape.

And you know, as we've talked about in other podcasts and other arenas, film and TV has always been our escape, you know, from when I was a child. When you were a child, you know, it was our getaway. This is how we cope with things.

And, you know, you go watch a good movie or watch a good, A good film or a good series, or get involved in a good comedy, a great comedy, an action film, you know, you get to live within that realm for a little while in movies and film or, excuse me, movies and tv. So it's kind of our escape. So, yes, we're giving you a perspective from what we feel as well.

But some of these people that are giving these, these reviews think they're the New York Times critic or the Hollywood Reporter critic or the Variety critic. And you know, they think, they think.

Diane Herst
00:09:57

They are, but they're not.

Michael Herst
00:09:58

They are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, it's got a great ensemble cast, Geraldine. And I'm going to mess this young woman's name up. And I'm so sorry.

In the beginning, this Viswanth. Geraldine Viswanterthan. That's pretty good. Meredith Hagner, Jimmy Tatro and Jack McBrayer who each in their.

In their own unique story, you know, flair to the story. And we know. We know some of these. We know everybody, pretty much everybody that's in the ensemble cast. We've seen them in something.

Diane Herst
00:10:35

We've seen.

Michael Herst
00:10:36

One way or another, we've seen them in something. So they pull the cast together probably because of the two stars that are in the film itself.

They pulled these individuals and we like them, we love them and everything that they've done.

So, you know, and the fact that, you know the film following two families who accidentally double booked the same wedding, you know, Will Ferrell plays. I understand this from a father's perspective. I did it with Caitlin. It's probably gonna. Not probably. Probably.

I'll admit it, it'll probably happen with Nicole too, because those are my baby girls, right. And I want to make sure it's perfect for them. I do my best to be the best father that I can be. I know that you do that as a mother.

So as a father, Will's feral character, obviously he plays the over the top father of the bride, while Reese Witherspoon is determined to make the sister of the other bride better. And the chaos, the chaos that ensues between both of them fighting over who's going to get what, who's going to do what.

I think is both hilarious and heartwarming at the same time because you can.

Diane Herst
00:11:43

See, yeah, there was a lot of. A lot of laughing and. But, you know, some touching things too. So.

Michael Herst
00:11:52

Well, it. Because I think it brings. Not everybody has their own stories.

You know, I think what's different between this and like the Father of the Bride, because Father of the Bride was a remake with Steve Martin. Steve Martin did a remake of the original Father of the Bride. So we, we obviously love Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in, in theirs.

Kimberly Paisley was the daughter in those, you know, remakes. And it was a remake from Spencer Tracy's version, which was 40 years before Steve Martin's. Back in the 1950s, Steve Martin was in the 90s.

And, you know, I think there was three of them with Steve Martin. And, you know, that one in itself, you know, those. We remember those distinctly. I remember watching the old one with my parents at the time.

It was probably a rerun when I saw it because I was very young. I don't remember when in the 1950s it was, but it changed quite a bit since then.

So, you know, we're not here to talk about Father the Bride, but kind of it relates to this because things have changed drastically from 1950 through the 90s through today. When you see Will Ferrell paying the father he's playing because he's a single father.

And we won't, and we won't discuss the, the giveaway, the, the reason why, but, you know, he is attached to his daughter in such a way that he just wants to make sure I, I, I, I mean, I think I sometimes I'm an overprotective dad, you know, at times.

Diane Herst
00:13:27

But I don't think you're, I don't think you're quite as over the top as his character as Will Ferrell is. But, you know, there's moments probably.

Michael Herst
00:13:37

Yeah, I'm sure there are. But I mean, it's just part of being a parent. I mean, you really care about your kids, but, you know, they, they, everybody in it, everybody.

Will Ferrell your expect your expectations of Will Ferrell.

I think that's probably what most people are having a hard time getting over when they do the review of this rom com because they're not used to seeing Will Ferrell in, I mean, spirit did is probably the closest. Yeah, that's really kind of different from what his previous stuff was.

So what you see is, you see, you see his comedy, you see the awkwardness, you see the hijinks, you see the, you know, the goof, so to speak.

But you also see a very serious side, like we did in Spirited, where, you know, he played a very wide, a different character than he did in Elf, but kind of similar. There were some things in there, but, you know, it was a broader portrayal showing his acting ability to be able to take it where it is.

I'd seen him in another, another film that, you know, I think they tried that and it didn't really, it kind of flopped. So, you know, it, this is where I think they really brought their A game to it. And, you know, the fact that I told you here's the little secret.

Little secret. It's been a long time since we've seen Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell together. You ready for this? It was on Saturday Night Live.

There was a Little Mermaid skit with Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell right after. It was like post 9 11.

Diane Herst
00:15:17

Okay.

Michael Herst
00:15:17

It's an episode of Saturday Night Live. You just passed nine, you know, post 9 11. And it, they were, they delivered a comedy skit during that time.

And she told Jimmy Fallon in an interview that she was scared out of a mind having to work with Will Ferrell. Actually, she was intimidated by Will Ferrell and thought, I have to do this with Will Ferrell.

Diane Herst
00:15:44

Interesting. I don't remember that. I'll have to look for that. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure. I'm sure. I'm seeing. I've seen it. I just. I don't remember that.

Michael Herst
00:15:51

Well, considering they're in their 50th year, and the reality is that this is like, what, 20? How long has it been? 20 years?

Diane Herst
00:16:03

23. 23 and a half years.

Michael Herst
00:16:06

So 9, 11. Yeah, you would have to look. You'd have to look around the 23rd year, probably 24th year, because I don't know how far afterwards.

But so, yeah, that's the last time they actually worked together. So when they got approached to do this, they were really excited about it.

Diane Herst
00:16:24

Yeah, well, it worked, I think.

Michael Herst
00:16:27

I think so, too.

Diane Herst
00:16:28

Really good. Yeah, it was really good.

Michael Herst
00:16:30

And obviously, again, we don't have to explain who they are because they left their mark in the industry, in their entertainment industry and continue to do so, both as an actor, actors, producers. You know, her production company has really taken off and has done so many things. I think she's part of. What's that one we were watching?

Big Lil, Was it Big Little Lie? No.

Diane Herst
00:16:53

Yeah. Big Little Lies.

Michael Herst
00:16:54

Big Little Lies. Big Little Lie. Yeah, she.

Diane Herst
00:16:57

But she's also part of the morning show, too, isn't she?

Michael Herst
00:17:00

Her production show. She's a producer on that as well. So, you know, she's come a long way from when we first know her, our daughter.

If you saw a picture of our oldest daughter, she could be Reese Witherspoon's sister. We don't know how we did that.

Diane Herst
00:17:15

I don't have a clue.

Michael Herst
00:17:16

We don't. We just. We don't know. No, we don't know.

Diane Herst
00:17:19

No. But when. When Caitlin was younger and we were taking her to some acting work, acting workshops, casting calls. You know that one.

There was one agent that was really, really interested in her and said that that she reminded him of a younger Reese Witherspoon.

Michael Herst
00:17:36

Yeah. And then we started watching all these, and we went, oh, yeah, now I see it. And now every time we see Reese Witherspoon, we see Caitlin.

Diane Herst
00:17:45

Yeah, we do.

Michael Herst
00:17:46

Every time.

Diane Herst
00:17:46

It's here.

Michael Herst
00:17:46

So if you want to know what our daughter looks like, that's what our daughter looks like.

Diane Herst
00:17:49

Yeah. And like, again, we have no idea how we did it.

Michael Herst
00:17:52

No, no, we just. We just don't. It's just weird. But, yeah, it. It. When you look back at even the cast. I mean, the cast we know. Geraldine, Please forgive me again.

Voss Wasenlin. Vas wathan.

Diane Herst
00:18:13

That's probably really far off, but.

Michael Herst
00:18:15

No, it's pretty close. V I S W a n a T h a n vis 1 hey, Geraldine, I apologize, but, you know, maybe you can reach out and we'll.

Diane Herst
00:18:28

But we know her from.

Michael Herst
00:18:30

We'll correct it for everybody.

Diane Herst
00:18:32

Yes, actually, absolutely. And we know her from Miracle Workers. Miracle Workers, yeah. Which is a really cute show. Yeah.

Michael Herst
00:18:40

She's got an extensive filmography aside from that. But we know her mostly from the Miracle Workers with Harry Potter man.

Diane Herst
00:18:51

Daniel Radcliffe.

Michael Herst
00:18:52

Yes, I still see him as Harry Potter.

Diane Herst
00:18:55

Okay.

Michael Herst
00:18:56

He's grown out of that immensely, but, you know.

Diane Herst
00:18:58

Yes, he has.

Michael Herst
00:18:59

It's. Especially when you see him in. In the.

That series, so, you know, that in itself, Miracle Workers kind of changes your perception a little bit, but, you know, once you go naked on stage, I guess it changed your perception anyway. I didn't. He did.

Diane Herst
00:19:21

And we didn't see him.

Michael Herst
00:19:24

We heard about it, but we just heard about it.

Diane Herst
00:19:25

We heard about it.

Michael Herst
00:19:26

Yeah. Just for the record, so Meredith Hagner, we know her best from shrinking. She's on shrinking, which is one of our favorite things. We've.

We've had a discussion about that and we've also done a review on this one as well.

Diane Herst
00:19:42

Bad Monkey.

Michael Herst
00:19:43

Bad Monkey. And boy, she's a bad bitch in that one.

Diane Herst
00:19:47

Oh, she is. She's really the one you love to hate in that one. Oh, she. She was not. I liked her in this, too.

Michael Herst
00:19:55

She played it really well. I mean, she really played it well because it allowed her to. At least in. In. In. In this one. She. In Bad Monkey, she was a real bad.

She was a villain in Bad Monkey. But you learned, like you said, learn to love. And we. We reviewed that.

If you haven't seen it, you should watch it or go listen to our review and then go back and watch it because we don't want to give any spoilers anyway away with that. But yeah, she plays great. She's a great. In this cast. She plays the part really well. And it's. It's kind of opposite what we just watched her in.

Diane Herst
00:20:35

I think so. Yeah. Definitely opposite.

Michael Herst
00:20:38

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And Jimmy Tatro. Jimmy Tatro, we know from one of our other shows, which they really shouldn't have canceled.

Diane Herst
00:20:47

I know. I'm so mad.

Michael Herst
00:20:48

Yeah, he played the brother, the rich brother in Home Improvement.

Diane Herst
00:20:52

Home Economics.

Michael Herst
00:20:53

Oh, excuse me. Home Economics. Don't know why I said Home Improvement. I'm thinking. Thinking of the article I just read with Tim Allen, so.

Because, yeah, he did Home Improvement. And then they got a new show.

Diane Herst
00:21:06

He's got it shifting gears, which is, which is also good.

Michael Herst
00:21:09

Yeah, we need to talk about shifting gears, you know, pretty soon too, in regard to that.

Diane Herst
00:21:14

Sorry, I got it like itch on my nose.

Michael Herst
00:21:16

And Jack McBrayer, he, you know, everybody knows him from 30 rocks.

Diane Herst
00:21:24

Yeah. And, and all a lot of other things. Other things where he's usually this kind.

Michael Herst
00:21:29

Of character he plays.

Diane Herst
00:21:34

I mean, I'm just thinking about that one scene and I'm, it just makes me crack up.

Michael Herst
00:21:40

He was in several. So I don't know which one you're talking about.

Diane Herst
00:21:44

I talk about the hair.

Michael Herst
00:21:47

Oh, yeah, there were several, several references to the hair, so. And he reacts pretty much. Yeah.

Diane Herst
00:21:57

It was so perfect.

Michael Herst
00:22:02

Well, you know, it is, it is. It's a great cast and the people that are involved in it are just amazing.

I think that, you know, everybody that's an ensemble with it just really bring it to life. And you know, there's hundred. I, I would say at least 100, 150 other people, extras and so forth that are also.

Diane Herst
00:22:25

Yeah.

Michael Herst
00:22:25

You know, in and around this because of the wedding parties and things like that. But they all do such a wonderful job. The chemistry.

Diane Herst
00:22:33

We have to give a special shout out to somebody that you didn't mention yet. Leanne Morgan, who is a stand up comedian.

Michael Herst
00:22:41

Oh yeah.

Diane Herst
00:22:41

Who I love, I love so much. And she plays Reese's other sister and.

Michael Herst
00:22:45

Oh my God, she acts just like she did on stage when we, when we saw her in that special.

Diane Herst
00:22:53

Yeah, she's, her character is very similar to her stand up character. Her stand up. So if you love her stand up.

Michael Herst
00:23:01

Yeah, but, yeah, she's, she's almost not acting.

Diane Herst
00:23:04

Yeah, but, but, but she did great too.

Michael Herst
00:23:07

She did great as well. But I mean, she's not acting like herself is what she did.

Diane Herst
00:23:12

Yeah, they probably just, I think there were, there were probably a couple scenes. I think that they just said, go for it.

Michael Herst
00:23:17

Yeah. They said just be yourself and there you go.

Diane Herst
00:23:20

And they tried not to laugh.

Michael Herst
00:23:22

So what do you think of the chemistry between Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon since we first thought, you know, is this, does this work?

Diane Herst
00:23:29

I wasn't, I wasn't sure about it. I, when I heard about it, I thought, well, I love them both, so I'm going to give it a shot. But it wasn't. And I wasn't sure about it.

Well, right away. Yeah, right away it clicked.

Michael Herst
00:23:43

Well, and I think that we were lucky in the fact that, yes, we love Will Ferrell and everything she's been. And we love Witherspoon and everything she's been in. And you kind of. I've never ever pictured these two in a. Together in a situation like this.

But it did work.

The dynamic did work, and they brought their characters to life, you know, immensely brought the characters to life, and I think it brings you through the movie.

So, you know, if you read any of the other reviews, Hollywood Reporter and Variety did a pretty good review on them, so I would respect them a little more. But, you know, I think that you'll. You'll kind of agree with us. And, you know, I had to actually ask Diane how. Well, I'll leave that out of there.

But I. When I first looked at them, I thought, well, it's a huge age difference, but there really is.

Diane Herst
00:24:33

Oh, the age difference. It's not.

Michael Herst
00:24:35

Yeah, yeah. It's really.

Diane Herst
00:24:35

It's the same. It's the same age difference as you and I, sort.

Michael Herst
00:24:38

So, yeah. So then I went, okay, that. That, you know, that's. That works. And then there's.

There's a reason for that, which gets cleaned up later, and you'll kind of see it. So, you know, we'll see. But some of the funniest moments. You just mentioned one of them, kind of, sorta.

Diane Herst
00:24:58

And it's. It's so subtle, you know, it's very subtle.

Michael Herst
00:25:02

Well, these guys are pros. I mean, these. When I say guys are guys and gals. Women. Both men and women. Everybody that's in there. It's the lady. I always forget her name. She's the.

The blonde, heavyset comedian. She played the boat captain.

Diane Herst
00:25:18

Oh, Fortune Feimster.

Michael Herst
00:25:20

Yes. Fortune features in it, you know.

Diane Herst
00:25:23

Yeah.

Michael Herst
00:25:23

Everybody in it.

Diane Herst
00:25:25

She's not in it enough. I don't think I love her. She wasn't.

Michael Herst
00:25:28

She wasn't. She wasn't. But.

Diane Herst
00:25:30

But she's in it, too.

Michael Herst
00:25:33

But everybody really does a good job to bring it forward. And, you know, it gave me. I mean, obviously I didn't want to get up. You know, I had to pee.

And, you know, I sat there and waited and waited and waited. We have a pause button, right?

Diane Herst
00:25:48

We do, but it was paused.

Michael Herst
00:25:50

I'm gonna go pee. But I didn't.

Diane Herst
00:25:52

We didn't want to stop.

Michael Herst
00:25:53

Just didn't want to stop about it.

Diane Herst
00:25:55

Yeah.

Michael Herst
00:25:55

But, you know, I think that some of the funny. The man, you know, it'd be hard to say what's really funny about it, because I don't want to give it. I'll say spoiler.

So Because I got to say, this part, there's a spoiler alert. I'm going to tell you something that's in the movie that's kind of a surprise.

So if you don't want to hear this, you need to stop it now and then watch the movie and then come back and pick it up from here. But when Reese Witherspoon walks in and Will Ferrell's in bed with an alligator.

Diane Herst
00:26:29

I knew that was the part you were talking about.

Michael Herst
00:26:36

That's one. That's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. And. And the conversation that ensues. I know.

Diane Herst
00:26:46

And what she says.

Michael Herst
00:26:47

She says is, like, fantastic. It's great.

Diane Herst
00:26:50

Oh, God.

Michael Herst
00:26:51

Yeah. It works really well. So. So that I will just mention those couple. But there's. There's a lot of funny scenes in here. There's a lot in.

The dynamics work really, really well. They play off of each other really, really well. The chemistry and all the cast, I think, is good. You can believe the families.

You can believe some of the family stress and everything else was going on. That reminds me of my family. You know what I mean? So it did really well. How does.

How do you think the film portrayed the stress and excitement of planning a big event? Because we went through that a couple times.

Diane Herst
00:27:25

Yeah. I mean. Yeah, I don't. I don't know that the planning. They didn't go into the. They were kind of like.

They talk about the beginning and the engagements, and then kind of the next thing is they're there at the venue.

Michael Herst
00:27:41

Well, but they have to work the planning. I would say more is involved in having to figure out how to do. How to. How to accomplish what. The end. I'm mincing my words.

How to accomplish what they need to accomplish to make everything work out for everybody involved.

Diane Herst
00:27:58

Right.

Michael Herst
00:27:59

There's some planning in regard to that and some chaos.

Diane Herst
00:28:01

Right, Right. Yeah. No, I think it. I think that they. There's really nothing else they could have done. I mean, than what they all agreed to.

Michael Herst
00:28:15

And what they all agreed.

Diane Herst
00:28:15

And I thought. And I think that the agreement they made of how to make it work was kind of like. Okay. I mean, that's really.

They were really splitting it down the middle, like. Like to things that you couldn't really split down the middle. And. And, yeah, so I. I thought it was. I think it showed.

You know, look, people can make things. People can agree on things, even the hard things, you know, so that was kind of good to see that they weren't.

They didn't fight Too long over how to make it work. They compromised right away, which I thought was interesting.

Michael Herst
00:28:54

But. Well, at times it took a little. Took a little bit longer on some things, but they do get things worked out.

Diane Herst
00:29:00

Things. Things got messed up.

Michael Herst
00:29:02

Well, you know, I think from. It's chaotic at times, but it's really heartwarming. And what you see is not only a.

A comedic side, but you see the stress and you see the love and you see the heartbreak in. In some of the things. You know, it gives a pause for the heartbreak portion of it, where you kind of go, wow, that, you know, it really catches you.

It touches you. I can point to my heart, but you don't see me pointing to my heart.

Diane Herst
00:29:36

No, it had. It had. It had everything. I thought it was great.

Michael Herst
00:29:41

So what do you think the overall message of your cordially invited kind of. Kind of brings to the viewers and what they should look forward to?

Diane Herst
00:29:51

Well, I think compromise within families, first of all, and communicate. Look, a compromise when there's a hard situation with strangers. Communication within families.

Michael Herst
00:30:05

Yeah.

Diane Herst
00:30:05

And how important that is. And kind of putting yourself in the other person's shoes.

Michael Herst
00:30:15

Yeah. Because in the midst of all the chaos, you see family coming together, which I think is a good message for everyone involved.

You know, it's a good movie. I say, I know that. You know, on IMDb they're giving it like a 5 out of 10 or something. Or 7 out of 10.

I'm giving at least a 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10. I really enjoyed it.

Diane Herst
00:30:37

At the very, very least. Maybe 8.5. At the very least.

Michael Herst
00:30:40

I would say at the least. Yeah.

And realistically, while you're on here, if you haven't seen it yet and you're going to go watch it, be sure to continue watching because there's things that go through the credits that are important to the show. It continues. It's not just the bloopers.

Diane Herst
00:30:59

No.

Michael Herst
00:31:00

It's actually a continuation of some initial scenes of everything. So watch.

Diane Herst
00:31:06

It kind of wraps things up. Yeah.

Michael Herst
00:31:09

I mean, you'll see a point in it that when you get to that point, you're going to see that. Okay, now it's time to stop it.

If you don't want to watch the rest of the credits kind of a thing, you'll get to that point, you'll recognize that point. But.

But there's a lot of stuff that you got to watch up to that point that is really important to the whole story of the film, and that might be why a lot of people are Going. I just didn't quite get this because they never watched the whole thing. They stopped it before it hit those points, I think.

And it's imperative to the. To the storyline and to the film.

Diane Herst
00:31:42

Yes, very important. So don't. Don't just. When the credits start, don't stop it. Keep watching.

Michael Herst
00:31:50

So absolutely, my recommendation is thumbs up if I could do it.

Diane Herst
00:31:55

And you need to see it. See it.

Michael Herst
00:31:57

You need to see it.

Diane Herst
00:32:00

We need to figure out our ratings thing. So, like, it's over the teacup. So five teacups. I don't know. Like, what's our top rating? Are we doing teacups? Are we doing sugar? Teaspoons of sugar?

Michael Herst
00:32:17

Well, I don't want to promote. This is a 5 teaspoon. 5 teaspoon sugar.

Diane Herst
00:32:22

Teaspoon sugar. Right now.

Michael Herst
00:32:25

We'll say. We'll call it a. Yeah, let's go. Out of five out of five teacups, I'd say this is a five teacup show. Or at least four and a half.

Diane Herst
00:32:37

Four and a half, right.

Michael Herst
00:32:38

That's a new thing. Welcome to over the Teacup, where our.

Diane Herst
00:32:43

Rating system is teacups, because, you know, we're not really that original.

Michael Herst
00:32:48

Hey, we can stack them, right? How many teacups can you stack? Well, five. If it gets any, you know, get too high, you're gonna have to come.

Diane Herst
00:32:56

Up with the graphic for that.

Michael Herst
00:32:57

I will have to come up with the teacups.

Diane Herst
00:32:59

The teacups add. Go on top of each other.

Michael Herst
00:33:02

Yeah, both. We'll. We'll square that away.

Diane Herst
00:33:04

Or if something really sucks, you show them. You show them stacked, and then they fall. Yo, break.

Michael Herst
00:33:10

That's a good idea. See, you're with us on the. Our community is with us on this journey of discovery and invention and.

Diane Herst
00:33:20

Yes, crazy. Whatever.

Michael Herst
00:33:23

This is one more thing before you go. Do you have anything before we leave?

Diane Herst
00:33:27

It is National Tater Tot Day, and no, I really, really want to. Like a big old plate of tater tots covered with cheese and bacon and ranch dressing.

Michael Herst
00:33:40

We could do our rating system in tater tots. Is it a 10 tater tot or a 3 tater tot.

Diane Herst
00:33:46

I like it.

Michael Herst
00:33:47

A 10 tater tot or a 5 tater tot.

Diane Herst
00:33:50

I like it.

Michael Herst
00:33:51

With your cup of tea.

Diane Herst
00:33:52

With your cup of tea. I don't know if tater tots and tea go, but whatever.

Michael Herst
00:33:56

Anyway, well, that works. Everybody go out and have a. Have a plate full of tater tots. Don't choke.

Diane Herst
00:34:02

Well, yeah, have a plate for me, please, because I really want some and I don't have any.

Michael Herst
00:34:07

Grammys are on tonight, so we're gonna let you guys go because we know that everybody wants to go see the Grammys. We want to go watch them ourselves. We've been watching all the up to stuff and the gowns and the suits and the tuxedos and the hats and you name it.

Diane Herst
00:34:23

Love the fashion. Love it.

Michael Herst
00:34:25

So one more thing before you all go. Thank you very much for being part of our community. Thank you for being here.

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Diane Herst
00:35:05

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