What’s It About
A man and his ex-wife race to Bali, Indonesia, to stop their daughter from marrying a seaweed farmer. As they desperately try to sabotage the wedding, the bickering duo soon find themselves rekindling old feelings that once made them happy together.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
So this is what it has come to – another Rom-Com with nothing to add to the genre. Ticket to Paradise is a straightforward movie with a played-out premise. But it is a romantic comedy, and this film uses every available trope within reason to get its point across. The plot relies mainly on the chemistry between the parents, Clooney and Roberts, as they are invited to their daughter’s wedding. In the beginning, it works. As for the acting, George Clooney is George Clooney, and Julia Roberts is as pretentious as ever. But considering these actors are not skilled comedians, their little back-and-forth spat quickly wears thin. Since this is a romantic comedy, the parent’s jobs are stereotypical. Georgia (Roberts) was an art curator, and David (Clooney) was an architect. Their daughter was getting married to someone she had just met while on vacation. As much as I wanted to love this movie, it wasn’t as funny as they might have thought it would be. It’s funny in parts, but most films have good parts. The trick is to be consistent, and Ticket to Paradise struggles with its own story. The parents hate each other and have nothing but horrible things to say about the other person. So when they’re forced to sit next to each other at their daughter Lilly’s graduation, the comedic sparks fly. Of course, there had to be more problems. That leads to Lilly’s wedding and the parents sitting next to each other. This time, they’re on a plane, and guess what, they are next to each other – again. Words fly, but the comedic jabs are not as funny this time. Now for more rom-com tropes. They both think their daughter is throwing her life away and decide to work together to disrupt and ultimately end the marriage. In the meantime, the parents realize they don’t hate each other as much as they have been telling people. The rest of Ticket to Paradise plays out like every other movie in this genre. It’s not bad, but it’s not that good, either. It is what it is.
OUR RATING – AN ADEQUATE 5
MEDIA
- Genre – Comedy
- Street date
- Digital – November 8th, 2022
- DVD/Blu-Ray – December 13th, 2022
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound – English (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital 2.0, English, Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish, French
Extras
- Audio Commentary featuring David Gordon Green, Andi Matichak, Rohan Campbell, Attila Salih Yucer, Hugo Garza
- Deleted Scenes (UHD 7:06 Total)
- Final Girl (UHD 4:40)
- No Place Like Haddonfield (UHD 7:49)
- Gag Reel (UHD 2:45)
- Ending Halloween (UHD 8:26)
- A Different Threat (UHD 5:53)
- Visions of Terror (UHD 5:47)
- Twisted Deaths (UHD 5:02)