Ticket to Paradise: Read Pinkvilla's review of the George Clooney and Julia Roberts starrer below.
Ticket to Paradise chronicles divorced couple David and Georgia Cotton (George Clooney, Julia Roberts), who can't see eye-to-eye on anything, especially when it comes to their darling daughter Lily Cotton (Kaitlyn Dever). 25 years after their marriage - they split five years after - David and Georgia are in for a shock because Lily plans to marry a seaweed farmer named Gede (Maxime Bouttier), who she met in Bali during her graduation break. David and Georgia reluctantly call in a temporary truce and work together to sabotage their daughter's wedding, fearing that Lily will make the same mistake they made 25 years ago. What follows is one hilarious mishap after another, which also brings David and Georgia closer together, even if they try wholeheartedly not to.
Ticket to Paradise belongs solely to George Clooney and Julia Roberts' crackling chemistry that comes blazing through in every scene. Whether it be drunk dancing after beer pong games and embarrassing their daughter or laughing at each other's miseries like getting bitten by a dolphin; the two are fire on ice. Also, a plus point is the aesthetic "Australia-turned-Bali" cinematography that is sure to reel you in but never once feels overindulgent like a tourism ad. Even if the characters keep mentioning how it's "the best place on Earth." While some dialogues reach their saturation levels, overall, the writing by Ol Parker and Daniel Pipski is sure to tickle your funny bones just right, particularly when Clooney and Roberts are given free rein to duke it out.
While Ticket to Paradise brings back the love for romantic comedies, it also suffers from the "seen all that" syndrome and there's nothing fresh to the genre that the movie offers. The supporting cast isn't as memorable as they are teased and even has the potential to be, with talented stars like Billie Lourd and Lucas Bravo at the short end of the stick.