Mother of the Bride is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Robin Bernheim. The Netflix film follows the story of Lana Winslow as she is surprised, to say the least by her daughter Emma’s bombshell wedding at a resort in Phuket, Thailand. But the surprises don’t stop there as when she gets to the wedding she finds out that the groom’s father is the man who broke her heart years ago. Mother of the Bride stars Brooke Shields in the lead role with Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Chad Michael Murray, Sean Teale, Rachel Harris, Wilson Cruz, and Michael McDonald starring in supporting roles. If you loved all the feels and situational comedy in Mother of the Bride here are some similar movies you could watch next.
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- 5/12/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
April showers bring May flowers, but Amazon Prime Video’s April slate of new movies contains some bright watches for any leftover rain. The “Judy Blume Forever” documentary arrives toward the end of the month, telling the author’s life story and highlighting the impact her writing made on literature and the world. The doc will precede “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” which releases in theaters at the end of the month.
George Clooney returns to a tropical setting alongside Julia Roberts in the 2022 romantic comedy “Ticket to Paradise,” and his earlier Hawaiian-set film “The Descendants” will be available too. “Bros” provides another rom-com option that landed on the streamer on April 4. And we’ve even got a pick for the whole family.
Here are our picks for seven of the best new movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video in April 2023:
“Judy Blume Forever” Prime Video...
George Clooney returns to a tropical setting alongside Julia Roberts in the 2022 romantic comedy “Ticket to Paradise,” and his earlier Hawaiian-set film “The Descendants” will be available too. “Bros” provides another rom-com option that landed on the streamer on April 4. And we’ve even got a pick for the whole family.
Here are our picks for seven of the best new movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video in April 2023:
“Judy Blume Forever” Prime Video...
- 4/16/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
So many parties, so little time! October closes with charity galas, film festivals, premieres and even fashion fetes, all filled with the world’s most famous faces — and nary a mask in sight.
Everyone who is anyone (and has films to flog or causes to champion) has been out and about in Hollywood, New York City and beyond, as the world goes back to normal for the first real Fall season swirl since everything shut down. Parties and premieres are back with a vengeance; here are our favorite recent happenings, complete with a fashion flair.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood
Kevin Feige, President and Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Studios, Nate Moore, Victoria Alonso, President of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation at Marvel Studios, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dominique Thorne, Ryan Coogler, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Mabel Cadena, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Lupita Nyong’o and Louis D’Esposito,...
Everyone who is anyone (and has films to flog or causes to champion) has been out and about in Hollywood, New York City and beyond, as the world goes back to normal for the first real Fall season swirl since everything shut down. Parties and premieres are back with a vengeance; here are our favorite recent happenings, complete with a fashion flair.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood
Kevin Feige, President and Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Studios, Nate Moore, Victoria Alonso, President of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation at Marvel Studios, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dominique Thorne, Ryan Coogler, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Mabel Cadena, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Lupita Nyong’o and Louis D’Esposito,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Jenny Peters
- The Wrap
Ticket to Paradise Review — Ticket to Paradise (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Ol Parker, written by Daniel Pipski and Ol Parker and starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Sean Lynch, Arielle Carver-o’Neill, Ling Cooper Tang, Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier, Francis McMahon, Romy Poulier, Lucas Bravo, Dorian Djoudi and Cintya Dharmayanti. Director [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Ticket To Paradise (2022): Charismatic Stars Carry Entertaining Movie Through a Formulaic Plot...
Continue reading: Film Review: Ticket To Paradise (2022): Charismatic Stars Carry Entertaining Movie Through a Formulaic Plot...
- 10/22/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
What would you do if you were trying to stop your daughter from moving across the world and marrying someone she just met? Team up with your ex-spouse to ruin the wedding, of course!
Rom-com veterans Julia Roberts and George Clooney reunite in “Ticket to Paradise,” as the family of our dreams, complete with “Rosaline’s” Kaitlyn Dever. Though Clooney’s character calls their marriage “the worst 19 years of his life,” when the pair first see each other on the plane to the Bali wedding — to which Roberts retorts “we were only married for five” — the collective scheming to change their daughter’s mind might end up changing their hearts.
Here’s how to watch “Ticket to Paradise” when it comes out Friday, Oct. 21.
Is “Ticket to Paradise” in theaters or streaming?
The romantic comedy will be available to watch exclusively in theaters Oct. 21.
Although it will not be streaming immediately,...
Rom-com veterans Julia Roberts and George Clooney reunite in “Ticket to Paradise,” as the family of our dreams, complete with “Rosaline’s” Kaitlyn Dever. Though Clooney’s character calls their marriage “the worst 19 years of his life,” when the pair first see each other on the plane to the Bali wedding — to which Roberts retorts “we were only married for five” — the collective scheming to change their daughter’s mind might end up changing their hearts.
Here’s how to watch “Ticket to Paradise” when it comes out Friday, Oct. 21.
Is “Ticket to Paradise” in theaters or streaming?
The romantic comedy will be available to watch exclusively in theaters Oct. 21.
Although it will not be streaming immediately,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Ticket to Paradise, The White Lotus, The School for Good and Evil and The Good Nurse.
Ticket to Paradise premiere
Julia Roberts and George Clooney premiered their new rom-com on Monday in Westwood, alongside costars Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier and Lucas Bravo.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Ol Parker and Tim Bevan Amal and George Clooney Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever
The School for Good and Evil premiere
Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh walked the carpet on Tuesday for the premiere of their new Netflix fantasy flick, joined by the film’s young stars Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso, and costars Laurence Fishburne and Patti LuPone. Director Paul Feig said that he “loved the...
Ticket to Paradise premiere
Julia Roberts and George Clooney premiered their new rom-com on Monday in Westwood, alongside costars Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier and Lucas Bravo.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Ol Parker and Tim Bevan Amal and George Clooney Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever
The School for Good and Evil premiere
Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh walked the carpet on Tuesday for the premiere of their new Netflix fantasy flick, joined by the film’s young stars Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso, and costars Laurence Fishburne and Patti LuPone. Director Paul Feig said that he “loved the...
- 10/21/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on October 20th, 2022, reviewing “Ticket to Paradise” an old fashion movie star movie featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, opening in theaters beginning October 21st..
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Divorcees David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Julia Roberts) only communicate through their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever). Before she starts working as a lawyer, Lily goes to Bali for some post grad fun with Wren (Billie Lourd). There she meets Gede (Maxime Bouttier), a Balian hunk who farms seaweed. After 40 days, they decide to get married, which throws David and Georgia into a temporary truce so they can break it up. Can they accomplish this goal?
”Ticket to Paradise” is in theaters beginning October 21st. Featuring George Clooney, Juilia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourde, Lucas Bravo and Maxime Bouttier. Screenplay by Daniel Pipski. Drected by Ol Parker. Rated “PG-...
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Divorcees David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Julia Roberts) only communicate through their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever). Before she starts working as a lawyer, Lily goes to Bali for some post grad fun with Wren (Billie Lourd). There she meets Gede (Maxime Bouttier), a Balian hunk who farms seaweed. After 40 days, they decide to get married, which throws David and Georgia into a temporary truce so they can break it up. Can they accomplish this goal?
”Ticket to Paradise” is in theaters beginning October 21st. Featuring George Clooney, Juilia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourde, Lucas Bravo and Maxime Bouttier. Screenplay by Daniel Pipski. Drected by Ol Parker. Rated “PG-...
- 10/21/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Plot: A divorced couple attempt to stop their daughter from marrying a man she just met while on vacation in Bali. Will they break the happy twosome apart, or find their old romance rekindled?
Review: Ticket To Paradise is a return to the travelogue, romantic comedies from the past. It’s a cinematic reunion of two very charismatic stars, George Clooney and Julia Roberts. It’s complete with beautiful scenery, an attractive cast, and a script that follows a familiar path. Aside from the crowd-pleasing partnership of Roberts and Clooney, the film also features some of today’s brightest, including Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Sean Lynch, and Lucas Bravo (who was terrific in this year’s Miss Harris Goes to Paris). It all has the makings of being a delightful experience at the movies. And yet, with all this, Paradise is predictable, dull, and just not very funny.
David (Clooney...
Review: Ticket To Paradise is a return to the travelogue, romantic comedies from the past. It’s a cinematic reunion of two very charismatic stars, George Clooney and Julia Roberts. It’s complete with beautiful scenery, an attractive cast, and a script that follows a familiar path. Aside from the crowd-pleasing partnership of Roberts and Clooney, the film also features some of today’s brightest, including Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Sean Lynch, and Lucas Bravo (who was terrific in this year’s Miss Harris Goes to Paris). It all has the makings of being a delightful experience at the movies. And yet, with all this, Paradise is predictable, dull, and just not very funny.
David (Clooney...
- 10/21/2022
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
“Black Adam” topped the Thursday box office with 7.6 million on its opening night, ahead of a projected 60 million opening weekend. The Warner Bros. and DC film will premiere on more than 3,500 screens.
Box office favorite Dwayne Johnson stars as the film’s eponymous anti-hero, a destructive, powerful character with supernatural abilities. Following the end of a 5,000 year prison sentence, Black Adam is out for vengeance, pitting him against the heroes who comprise the Justice Society. The stacked cast includes Noah Centineo, Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Jennifer Holland, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell and Viola Davis. Jaume Collet Serra directed from a script by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
Comparably, Johnson’s 2019 box office smash hit “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” scored 5.8 million at the Thursday box office before opening to 60 million. DC and Warner Bros. 2019 superhero film “Shazam!” made 6 million its first night and 53 million on its opening weekend.
Box office favorite Dwayne Johnson stars as the film’s eponymous anti-hero, a destructive, powerful character with supernatural abilities. Following the end of a 5,000 year prison sentence, Black Adam is out for vengeance, pitting him against the heroes who comprise the Justice Society. The stacked cast includes Noah Centineo, Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Jennifer Holland, Sarah Shahi, Quintessa Swindell and Viola Davis. Jaume Collet Serra directed from a script by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
Comparably, Johnson’s 2019 box office smash hit “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” scored 5.8 million at the Thursday box office before opening to 60 million. DC and Warner Bros. 2019 superhero film “Shazam!” made 6 million its first night and 53 million on its opening weekend.
- 10/21/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Still Photography on the set of “Ticket To Paradise”
Hmmm, now this is something pretty rare. The two films I’m reviewing for this weekend have a few things in common, “subject-wise”. This too concerns an estranged couple reuniting for a non-holiday event. With Raymond & Ray, it’s about two stepbrothers having to travel to their dad’s funeral, while this new release is about an estranged (long-divorced) parents having to travel to their daughter’s wedding. And it’s not a two-hour car trip, but a rather long flight to an exotic island. Oh, and the former marrieds are played by Oscar-winning Hollywood royalty, or about as close as you can get to that. Plus it’s their fourth flick acting opposite each other (fifth if you count when he directed her). So lots of moviegoers are hoping that their chemistry is still potent as they go to their multiplex box office,...
Hmmm, now this is something pretty rare. The two films I’m reviewing for this weekend have a few things in common, “subject-wise”. This too concerns an estranged couple reuniting for a non-holiday event. With Raymond & Ray, it’s about two stepbrothers having to travel to their dad’s funeral, while this new release is about an estranged (long-divorced) parents having to travel to their daughter’s wedding. And it’s not a two-hour car trip, but a rather long flight to an exotic island. Oh, and the former marrieds are played by Oscar-winning Hollywood royalty, or about as close as you can get to that. Plus it’s their fourth flick acting opposite each other (fifth if you count when he directed her). So lots of moviegoers are hoping that their chemistry is still potent as they go to their multiplex box office,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Even though Ticket to Paradise may play like pages from its script were ripped right out of the romantic comedy playbook – even to the point of featuring subtle callbacks to fare like the recent unfortunate remake of Overboard to other, more consequential outings of the genre, like Pretty Woman – the tandem of Julia Roberts and George Clooney somehow manages to elevate the film above being just a mediocre offering to something slightly more endearing and entertaining.
In the film, Clooney and Roberts play exes David and Georgia who are on a joint mission to stop their recently college-graduated daughter, Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), from marrying someone she just met on vacation in Bali, Gede (Maxime Bouttier), and throwing away her future as a lawyer. But, of course, they must pretend to go along with the nuptials until they can successfully sabotage the wedding and bring their lovestruck daughter home.
While not...
In the film, Clooney and Roberts play exes David and Georgia who are on a joint mission to stop their recently college-graduated daughter, Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), from marrying someone she just met on vacation in Bali, Gede (Maxime Bouttier), and throwing away her future as a lawyer. But, of course, they must pretend to go along with the nuptials until they can successfully sabotage the wedding and bring their lovestruck daughter home.
While not...
- 10/21/2022
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
The slick and star-driven Hollywood rom-coms of the pre-Judd Apatow era are having a mini-revival this year. First there was “Marry Me,” which teamed Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, and now comes “Ticket to Paradise,” a sun-kissed comedy of remarriage with George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
It’s efficient enough, and there are certainly tougher things to watch than two supremely attractive movie icons trading sarcastic insults in a leafy tropical Eden. But the film’s director and co-writer, Ol Parker, is so committed to light, feel-good escapism that he leaves out all of the requisite tension and twists — and, for that matter, the requisite jokes.
Parker’s last film was “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” the cheerfully redundant sequel-prequel to “Mamma Mia!” That was a brutal social-realist tract compared to “Ticket to Paradise.”
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts Reunite as Lovers-to-Enemies in ‘Ticket to Paradise’ Trailer...
It’s efficient enough, and there are certainly tougher things to watch than two supremely attractive movie icons trading sarcastic insults in a leafy tropical Eden. But the film’s director and co-writer, Ol Parker, is so committed to light, feel-good escapism that he leaves out all of the requisite tension and twists — and, for that matter, the requisite jokes.
Parker’s last film was “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” the cheerfully redundant sequel-prequel to “Mamma Mia!” That was a brutal social-realist tract compared to “Ticket to Paradise.”
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts Reunite as Lovers-to-Enemies in ‘Ticket to Paradise’ Trailer...
- 10/20/2022
- by Nicholas Barber
- The Wrap
Movie stars — remember them? Ticket to Paradise sure does, and it’s banking on the fact that you, the audience member, would actually be willing to leave the comfort of your couch and 7,200 streaming services to go see two of ’em! Together! In a romantic comedy! On a big screen, just like in the old days! By pairing George Clooney and Julia Roberts and casting them as a long-divorced couple who hate each other but must work together to sabotage their daughter’s wedding, the film requires you to answer the burning question: Wait,...
- 10/20/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Some people make the impossible look easy. Genuine charm among actors is hard enough to come by, let alone finding two actors who have actual chemistry with each other. But if you have ever seen Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" or its equally excellent sequels, you know that those three films are overburdened with genuinely charming actors who all seem to have chemistry with each other. It's hard not to think of one specific scene from Soderbergh's 2001 remake — in which the hero tries and fails to reconnect with his ex-wife while sharing tartly written barbs — when watching the new romantic comedy "Ticket to Paradise," seeing as the two films feature the same stars. Yes, this light new comedy reunites George Clooney and Julia Roberts, two true movie stars in a high-concept, a low-key comedy set in a beautiful tropical setting. It all seems like it should be so easy, which...
- 10/19/2022
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Julia Roberts and George Clooney have said they went a little overboard when improvising insults for each other on the set of their new romcom Ticket to Paradise.
In the movie, the pair play embittered exes who fly to Bali to stop their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) from getting married to a local seaweed farmer (Maxime Bouttier).
In a post-credits scene, the duo sling put-downs at one another and, in a recent interview, the actors revealed a lot of them were improvised.
“Julia would take everything too far. I will tell you,” Clooney told SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show.
“George has no feelings,” Roberts said.
“The funny thing is, you could tell by the background artists who were standing around us when either of us took it too far, because they would react,” Clooney said.
Roberts said there were audible gasps from those who witnessed the comments, with Clooney adding:...
In the movie, the pair play embittered exes who fly to Bali to stop their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) from getting married to a local seaweed farmer (Maxime Bouttier).
In a post-credits scene, the duo sling put-downs at one another and, in a recent interview, the actors revealed a lot of them were improvised.
“Julia would take everything too far. I will tell you,” Clooney told SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show.
“George has no feelings,” Roberts said.
“The funny thing is, you could tell by the background artists who were standing around us when either of us took it too far, because they would react,” Clooney said.
Roberts said there were audible gasps from those who witnessed the comments, with Clooney adding:...
- 10/18/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts hit the multiplex this weekend in Ol Parker’s romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise, a project that marks the pair’s sixth big-screen collaboration.
The Universal Pictures film casts the pair as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to Bali to stop their lovestruck daughter, played by Kaitlyn Dever, from making the same mistake they once made. After so many outings together, an easy question to toss to Clooney and Roberts: What’s the best part about working together?
“The money. Cash,” Clooney joked to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday night while standing next to Roberts on the pink carpet outside Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, host of the U.S. premiere.
No doubt the paycheck was hefty — Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures produced the film alongside Roberts’ Red Om Films and Working Title — but Roberts...
George Clooney and Julia Roberts hit the multiplex this weekend in Ol Parker’s romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise, a project that marks the pair’s sixth big-screen collaboration.
The Universal Pictures film casts the pair as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to Bali to stop their lovestruck daughter, played by Kaitlyn Dever, from making the same mistake they once made. After so many outings together, an easy question to toss to Clooney and Roberts: What’s the best part about working together?
“The money. Cash,” Clooney joked to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday night while standing next to Roberts on the pink carpet outside Westwood’s Regency Village Theatre, host of the U.S. premiere.
No doubt the paycheck was hefty — Clooney’s Smokehouse Pictures produced the film alongside Roberts’ Red Om Films and Working Title — but Roberts...
- 10/18/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tickets are now on sale to enjoy George Clooney and Julia Roberts, together again in Ticket to Paradise. Having (barely) survived their own disastrous marriage, they have reunited solely for the purpose of preventing their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) from making the same mistake by marrying Gede (Maxime Bouttier). But can anyone stop true love? Our exclusive featurette provides a witty peak behind the scenes, as George Clooney and Julia Roberts talk about the film's premise....
- 10/5/2022
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
2022 has been the year of the big-screen romantic comedy resurgence. But while audiences may have been reminded of the joys of the high-concept, star-driven genre thanks to the likes of Marry Me and The Lost City, the year’s final rom-com blockbuster serves only to remind the general public why they got fatigued in the first place. Ticket to Paradise represents the genre at its laziest, coasting by on the natural chemistry between its two beloved lead stars, who eventually struggle to mine any humor from a script that quickly prioritizes unearned sentimentality over genuine laughs.
After two decades of avoiding any and all contact with each other, former married couple David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Julia Roberts) are begrudgingly thrown together to attend the college graduation ceremony of their daughter Lily (an oddly under-utilized Kaitlyn Dever). They vow never to see each other again, a promise broken just a...
After two decades of avoiding any and all contact with each other, former married couple David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Julia Roberts) are begrudgingly thrown together to attend the college graduation ceremony of their daughter Lily (an oddly under-utilized Kaitlyn Dever). They vow never to see each other again, a promise broken just a...
- 9/26/2022
- by Alistair Ryder
- The Film Stage
Universal Pictures is all geared up for a well-lit and grand Dussehra as today it announced the release date of its romantic comedy ‘Ticket To Paradise’. Set to take the audiences on a vacation, the Oliver Parker directorial, will hit Indian theatres on October 6. The movie apart from boasting of a captivating storyline is also a visual treat to the audiences as it captures the breath-taking beaches and several other landscapes.
‘Ticket To Paradise’ features two of the most popular and critically acclaimed artists worldwide, George Clooney and Julia Roberts in lead along with Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Lucas Bravo, Billie Lourd in pivotal roles.
Commenting on doing a film together after many years, lead actors of the movie, George Clooney and Julia Roberts said, “Julia and I weren’t actively looking for a project to do together, but, of course, it was easy to say yes to a chance...
‘Ticket To Paradise’ features two of the most popular and critically acclaimed artists worldwide, George Clooney and Julia Roberts in lead along with Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Lucas Bravo, Billie Lourd in pivotal roles.
Commenting on doing a film together after many years, lead actors of the movie, George Clooney and Julia Roberts said, “Julia and I weren’t actively looking for a project to do together, but, of course, it was easy to say yes to a chance...
- 9/20/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Dir: Ol Parker. Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier, Billie Lourd, Lucas Bravo. 12A, 104 minutes.
It’s a joy to watch Julia Roberts and George Clooney fall in love. It’s an even greater joy to watch them bicker. As embittered exes in Ticket to Paradise, flying to Bali in order to stop the whirlwind nuptials of their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) to a local seaweed farmer (Maxime Bouttier), the duo have been provided a full buffet of snappish asides. They’re heirs to that great screwball tradition. Think back to Claudette Colbert, hitching a car ride with a coquettish flash of the leg in order to tease Clarke Gable in It Happened One Night. Or to Cary Grant at wit’s end in the face of Katharine Hepburn’s scatterbrained antics in Bringing Up Baby.
Here, when Georgia (Roberts) and David (Clooney) are – incidentally – sat next to...
It’s a joy to watch Julia Roberts and George Clooney fall in love. It’s an even greater joy to watch them bicker. As embittered exes in Ticket to Paradise, flying to Bali in order to stop the whirlwind nuptials of their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever) to a local seaweed farmer (Maxime Bouttier), the duo have been provided a full buffet of snappish asides. They’re heirs to that great screwball tradition. Think back to Claudette Colbert, hitching a car ride with a coquettish flash of the leg in order to tease Clarke Gable in It Happened One Night. Or to Cary Grant at wit’s end in the face of Katharine Hepburn’s scatterbrained antics in Bringing Up Baby.
Here, when Georgia (Roberts) and David (Clooney) are – incidentally – sat next to...
- 9/15/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
It’s been over 20 long, sad years since Julia Roberts last starred in a romantic comedy — and it often feels like it’s been almost as long since anybody has made a good one. Something so easy to enjoy is so hard to get right — like, you could argue, all the most precious relationships in this sorry world — and what a miracle for a modern pioneer of the genre to still have the grace to resurrect it with “Ticket to Paradise.”
That’s not to say all hope is lost without Roberts, but it’s so hard these days to be optimistic about pure, sugary, original, earnest escapism. Roberts sells it. In a digital age defined by broken brains having spent too much time on the internet tearing down anything that tries to be nice, romance is almost always undercut by some kind of self-awareness or cynicism to prove you...
That’s not to say all hope is lost without Roberts, but it’s so hard these days to be optimistic about pure, sugary, original, earnest escapism. Roberts sells it. In a digital age defined by broken brains having spent too much time on the internet tearing down anything that tries to be nice, romance is almost always undercut by some kind of self-awareness or cynicism to prove you...
- 9/14/2022
- by Ella Kemp
- Indiewire
Double act have some silly fun as a couple sizzling with mutual irritation who head to Bali to sabotage their daughter’s marriage
George Clooney goes into his goofy comedy routine in this feelmoderate romcom from director and co-writer Ol Parker: an intergenerational tale of Crazy Rich Americans going to a wedding. Clooney brings some serious goof: he does his goofy face and the goof is onstream more or less from the outset. This may be to the unease of those who like him in a more sophisticated low-key style, such as in Ocean’s Eleven or Up in the Air, or those who look to the Coens to rein in and shape his broader comedy tendencies, as in O Brother, Where Art Thou? or Intolerable Cruelty.
Clooney plays David, a prosperous man in middle age who is divorced from high-flying art dealer Georgia; this is Julia Roberts. They were...
George Clooney goes into his goofy comedy routine in this feelmoderate romcom from director and co-writer Ol Parker: an intergenerational tale of Crazy Rich Americans going to a wedding. Clooney brings some serious goof: he does his goofy face and the goof is onstream more or less from the outset. This may be to the unease of those who like him in a more sophisticated low-key style, such as in Ocean’s Eleven or Up in the Air, or those who look to the Coens to rein in and shape his broader comedy tendencies, as in O Brother, Where Art Thou? or Intolerable Cruelty.
Clooney plays David, a prosperous man in middle age who is divorced from high-flying art dealer Georgia; this is Julia Roberts. They were...
- 9/14/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Romantic comedies have never gone away, but mainstream examples with A-list stars have been pretty thin on the ground since the glory days of the ’90s and early 2000s, when “Pretty Woman,” “Notting Hill,” “Love Actually” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary” ruled at the box office. Bucking the trend is “Ticket to Paradise,” a glossy piece of fluff starring Hollywood royalty Julia Roberts and George Clooney as a divorced couple whose passion reignites in Bali during their hare-brained attempt to prevent their daughter from marrying a guy she’s only just met. While far from a classic of its kind, this is likely to be just the “Ticket” for general viewers relishing the chance to watch Roberts and Clooney trade poisonous barbs, before being struck by Cupid’s arrow all over again.
Opening in much of Europe, South America and Australia long before its North American release on October 21, “Ticket” is...
Opening in much of Europe, South America and Australia long before its North American release on October 21, “Ticket” is...
- 9/14/2022
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
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It’s a foolhardy plan to craft a film almost entirely around the onscreen chemistry between two movie stars and hope for the best. But when those stars are George Clooney and Julia Roberts, the combustive power of their pairing will go a long-ish way. Thinly scripted rom-com Ticket to Paradise puffs its way through 104 minutes mostly on the vapors of its lead actors gassing around together, albeit with an assist from spectacular Australian scenery standing in for Bali.
It’s the first time the actors have been paired on screen since dreary hostage drama Money Monster (2016), and it’s their first proper comedy together since they made those first two highly enjoyable Ocean’s movies with Steven Soderbergh at the helm back in the aughts. In fact, it’s the first time in a while either of them have done anything substantial...
It’s a foolhardy plan to craft a film almost entirely around the onscreen chemistry between two movie stars and hope for the best. But when those stars are George Clooney and Julia Roberts, the combustive power of their pairing will go a long-ish way. Thinly scripted rom-com Ticket to Paradise puffs its way through 104 minutes mostly on the vapors of its lead actors gassing around together, albeit with an assist from spectacular Australian scenery standing in for Bali.
It’s the first time the actors have been paired on screen since dreary hostage drama Money Monster (2016), and it’s their first proper comedy together since they made those first two highly enjoyable Ocean’s movies with Steven Soderbergh at the helm back in the aughts. In fact, it’s the first time in a while either of them have done anything substantial...
- 9/14/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Clooney and Julia Roberts are not feeling the love in the first trailer for their much-anticipated reteaming, "Ticket to Paradise."
The movie veterans are back in rom-com form as exes reunited with a mission: putting a stop to their daughter's (Kaitlyn Dever) impending nuptials, set to happen in just days. "Our daughter's gonna marry a guy she just met, in Bali, millions of miles from home," Clooney's character laments in the trailer. The exes put aside their differences (despite some passive aggression - and "aggression aggression") to work together to "trick" their daughter into not saying "I do."
The clip also includes a lively game of beer pong and bad dancing - set to House of Pain's "Jump Around," thanks to costar Billie Lourd.
Clooney and Roberts, 54, have starred together on screen many times before, in films like "Money Monster" and - most notably - the Ocean's Eleven franchise.
The movie veterans are back in rom-com form as exes reunited with a mission: putting a stop to their daughter's (Kaitlyn Dever) impending nuptials, set to happen in just days. "Our daughter's gonna marry a guy she just met, in Bali, millions of miles from home," Clooney's character laments in the trailer. The exes put aside their differences (despite some passive aggression - and "aggression aggression") to work together to "trick" their daughter into not saying "I do."
The clip also includes a lively game of beer pong and bad dancing - set to House of Pain's "Jump Around," thanks to costar Billie Lourd.
Clooney and Roberts, 54, have starred together on screen many times before, in films like "Money Monster" and - most notably - the Ocean's Eleven franchise.
- 6/29/2022
- by Lindsay Kimble
- Popsugar.com
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