Synopsis: A divorced couple teams up and travels to Bali to stop their daughter from making the same mistake they think they made 25 years ago.
Director: Ol Parker
Stars: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever)
Let me start with the obvious, Julia Roberts and George Clooney are Hollywood heavyweights, they are A-listers, they are Academy Award winners, they are the standard. This dynamic duo has collaborated multiple times and on top of all of that, they are friends. Who doesn’t like make movies with their friends? It seems like such a great thing to do!
In this film they team up for a comedy where they play parents David and Georgia. They have just watched their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) graduate from college. The only issue is, David and Georgia can’t stand each other. They are divorced and the only thing that binds them is their daughter.
Lily, after having her head buried in books for the last four years, decides to go on a trip with her best friend Wren (Billie Lourd) and they travel to Bali. They are enjoying the beautiful, picturesque destination when Lily meets Gede (Maxime Bouttier) and it’s love at first sight.
A little over a month later Lily is sending for her parents because she is engaged to Gede. David and Georgia don’t agree on much, but they don’t think this is a great idea and they decide they must put their differences aside and come together to stop this from happening.
There are different types of performances, there are career defining performances, these are the roles we will forever associate the actor with. Then there is the paycheck movie. They did the movie not because of the subject material but for the money. Then there are the film actors make so they can hang out with their friends, also known as pretty much every Kevin Smith movie. This film is really about these two Hollywood greats making a fun film together.
The movie is ridiculously predictable even if you haven’t seen the trailer. My biggest issue with the film wasn’t the will they or won’t they chemistry with Clooney and Roberts but more so the realization that after Lily graduates, she wants to just hang out in Bali, with a guy she just met…um…ok.
That doesn’t take away from the performances. Roberts and Clooney are magic together and quite fun. The scenes they share are the best in the film and their infectiousness for working together came out on camera.
If you’re looking for an overall opinion on this film, don’t ask the couple that sat behind me as they talked through the whole movie. (Oh, movie theatres) Don’t ask my mate that came along with me as he fell asleep about two thirds into it. I guess its up to me. Fine.
Ticket to Paradise is a cute film and the onscreen chemistry between the two main stars is clear as day. It’s a fun ride even if we’ve taken the same one many times before.
Grade: C
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