Ticket to Paradise Movie Review

I don’t care what the situation, Clooney and Roberts, with their charm and allure, can make you laugh and swoon. When together, they’re like Double-Mint gum… while watching them, we get to double our pleasure. ​

And, had the script for “Ticket To Paradise” not been, essentially, a blend of every movie in its genre that has come before it, I’d be confident that with this pairing, these two would have a big hit on their hands. Unfortunately, apathetic writers initially showed us what they were capable of, giving us some of what we wanted before leaving us in the dust.

The story centers around Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), who just graduated from law school. Both of her parents, who are divorced, emit a toxic gas when around one another. They’re so hateful. They arrive at the graduation, unhappy to find the other there. They’re even more dismayed to find out they’re sitting side by side and are barely able to enjoy the proceedings because of the venom they spit back and forth.

The movie first shows us the two, Georgia (Roberts) and David (Clooney), while they’re involved in a retelling of their relationship with two different people in two different places, but at the same time. It’s a classic rom-com move.

You’re hooked and happy because it’s exactly what you wanted to see from these actors. What the story becomes, though, are desperate parents trying to stop two people in love from getting married. Maybe they don’t believe in this whole love thing because they’ve never had it. Why have they never had it before? Because of their deep need to feed their own egos.

Lily goes on vacation to Bali with her friend Wren (Lourd). She meets Gede (Maxime Bouttier) and enjoys herself so much that she begins to have second thoughts about whether or not she wants a career in law. I can’t imagine what law school would cost, but I can certainly see her parents not being happy with the decision to abandon what she’s worked for her whole life. Maybe she needs to be set straight? Georgia and David agree to attend the wedding in Bali. While on an excruciating plane ride, they establish a pact. It isn’t easy to imagine these two agreeing on anything, but they manage. They decide they can stop Lily with the “Trojan Horse.” They’ll say they’re excited about the marriage and support her one hundred percent. Assuming their daughter is still a child, surely, she’ll see how awful her idea is, will think being on the side of her parents isn’t a good idea and back out of the thing.    

With their inability to relax, the exes make everyone uncomfortable, especially Gede, who immediately notices that they’re attempting to sabotage his and Lily’s union. They have a hard time with the traditions and won’t give up their pact even when it’s clear that it’s a waste of time because the love is true. There isn’t much more to say about it except that if you love Roberts and Clooney, you have to fit this in. There is a lot about this that was so frivolous it seems beneath the cast to have gotten involved. Still, it’s also sweet and it was a joy to watch Roberts and Clooney play opposite one another. Secondary characters, when not totally cliché, are amusing and palatable. Cable is the best way to go for this one. Maybe matinee for the big screen as the locations are breathtaking, but when CGI is used, a small child can point it out.

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