Romantic comedies have never gone away, but mainstream examples with A-list stars have been pretty rare since the glory days of the '90s and early '00s, when "Pretty Woman," "Notting Hill," "Love Actually" and "Bridget Jones's Diary" triumphed at the box office. Bucking the trend is "Ticket to Paradise," a brilliant piece of fluff starring Hollywood royalty Julia Roberts and George Clooney as a divorced couple whose passion is reignited in Bali during their harebrained attempt to stop their daughter from marrying her. a man you just met. . While it's far from a classic of its kind, this is likely just the "ticket" for general viewers who relish the chance to see Roberts and Clooney trade poisonous barbs, before getting hit by Clooney's arrow. Cupid again.
Opening across much of Europe, South America, and Australia long before its North American release on October 21, “Ticket” is the kind of light entertainment that today would bypass theaters and go straight to platforms. of transmission. With its powerful central duo exuding charm even when the direction lacks flair and the dialogue isn't all that funny, this ultra-formulist mix should still draw big crowds to its theatrical run. Looking and sounding like it could have been created 20 or 30 years ago, "Ticket" may not contain as much sparkling, sophisticated wit, or indeed a lot of laughs, but it does deliver enough smiles and giggles to register as easy-going fun. enjoy though not memorable. for audiences looking for simple escapist entertainment.
Taking a cue from the "Philadelphia Story" school of comedies about divorced couples giving it another chance, director Ol Parker and co-writer Daniel Pipski positions David and Georgia as a husband and wife who had it all for five short years. That was before the lakeside house David built for them burned to the ground and her happiness went with it.
Director: Ol Parker
Writers: Ol Parker, Daniel Pipski
Stars: George Clooney, Sean Lynch, Julia Roberts
Twenty years later, they have settled into a comfortable routine of exchanging insults when called to attend important events in the life of their daughter Lily. Expecting even less contact after making faces at Lily's college graduation, the exes get back together six weeks later when Lily announces she's about to marry Gede, a handsome local seaweed farmer she met while she was on vacation in Bali with her best friend Wren.
Complicating matters is the unexpected arrival of Georgia's youngest boyfriend, Paul (an ungrateful role for "Emily in Paris" star Lucas Bravo), an airline pilot. A bumbling guy who practically adores Georgia, the dashing aviator unsurprisingly proposes just as the plot calls for another distraction to keep David and Georgia apart until the rom-com convention determines they're ready to start eyeing each other. new and loving eyes.
There are plenty of scintillating aftershocks in the opening sequences that show the curmudgeonly divorcees declaring a truce to stop Lily from making what they're sure will be a huge mistake. Naturally, that is before they have met the future husband, but that is beside the point and nothing short of sabotaging the nuptials will suffice in such an emergency.
The central appeal of romantic comedies is the fact that everyone can guess the ending. Its success depends on the timing and execution of jokes and funny situations on the way to familiar and comforting affirmations of love and romance. After getting off to a promising start, “Ticket to Paradise” never exactly goes into a tailspin—that would be nearly impossible with Clooney and Roberts in the frame—but it often struggles to make the most of a setup that seems ripe for comical, wacky misunderstandings. shenanigans and crossed wires that sustain this genre.
Whether David and Georgia are enacting their rather foolish plans to steal the wedding rings and plant doubt in Gede's mind, or engineering travel and transportation mishaps that will throw the arrangements into chaos, the movie moves along well enough, but he rarely hits comedic high notes or musters the drive to sweep audiences amidst the chaos. David's unfortunate encounter with a dolphin, or a change of hotel room after Paul's sudden arrival, are other examples of moments that could have turned into laughter but end up being mildly funny instead.
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