'Ticket to Paradise' reunites George Clooney and Julia Roberts, but fails to recapture the effortless magic of a great romantic comedy.
delivers convoluted plot set-up instead. What’s supposed to be a quick post-graduation trip to Bali for Lily transforms into a whole new life path when she falls for a local seaweed farmer named Gede and impulsively decides to marry him — news she all but springs on her parents as she invites them out to Bali to attend her wedding just a few days before it’s going to happen.
Lily and Gede in Ticket to Paradise, directed by Ol Parker. Photo:Vince Valitutti/Universal Studios Lily and Gede’s rushed engagement is an underdeveloped plot contrivance of its own. Regardless, David and Georgia are determined to stop their daughter from diving into the same kind of youthful marriage they did. Thus we get a "My Best Friend’s Wedding" sabotage plot in an "Eat Pray Love'" destination setting.
Georgia and Paul in Ticket to Paradise, directed by Ol Parker. Photo: Vince Valitutti/Universal Studios Indeed, maybe the biggest problem with "Ticket to Paradise" is that it’s just not very funny. For as charming as it is to see Roberts flash her megawatt smile as Clooney smirks and smolders, the movie coasts on its stars’ charisma rather than elevating their talents. Surprisingly enough, the most consistent laughs come from "Emily in Paris" star Lucas Bravo as Georgia’s younger French lover, who comes impressively close to stealing the film out from Roberts and Clooney.
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