Can George Clooney and Julia Roberts save the theatrical romantic comedy? The genre is still thriving on streaming services but has been on life support in cinemas for the past decade or so — ever since Hollywood decided to focus full-time on franchises made for eight-year-olds and after Matthew McConaughey got all respectable on us.
They complain endlessly to bystanders caught in the crossfire about how much they despise one another, but we can tell right from the start that they’re mad because they’re still madly in love. After all, it’s George and Julia. The bickering exes are thrown together once again when their aforementioned offspring, Lily decides to scrap her promising legal career and get engaged to a hunky Balinese seaweed farmer .
The appreciably brief scenes with Dever and her fiancé only underscore what rare specimens of mega-watt star power George and Julia truly are. You watch them onscreen and can’t help but think, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to.” Then you realize with a shudder that contemporary Hollywood has abandoned the infrastructure that created stars like Roberts and Clooney in the first place.
There is something a bit chintzy about it, seeing two stars of such magnitude in a rickety vehicle that probably wouldn't pass muster back in the rom-com's 1990s heyday. But it’s enjoyable spending time with George and Julia all the same. “Ticket to Paradise” is the kind of movie that ends with a freeze-frame and an outtake reel over the credits. The bloopers are the best part.
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