I love a good rom-com and Ticket to Paradise filled the heart. It was set in Bali - fabulous scenery. It had a solid cast - George Clooney (David), Julia Roberts (Georgia), Kaitlyn Dever (Lily), Maxime Boutier (Gede), Billie Lourd (Wren), and Lucas Bravo (Paul). It had a nicely predictable story that was executed well. Plenty of laughs, plenty of drama - all in under two hours.
I wanted to be entertained and I was, coming out of the theater smiling. Clooney and Roberts were effortless, tossing off lines so easily. You can tell they were having fun together on the screen. As a bickering ex-couple trying to keep their only daughter from dumping her law career and marrying a guy she just met to live in Bali and work a seaweed farm, they were hilarious.
As for Dever and Boutier, they were an earnest young couple in love, full of hope, and completely sincere. You rooted for them and had faith that this would pull together - families and cultures.
Oh there's mishaps, miscommunications, and very tidy solutions. That's a rom-com.
Punch your Ticket to Paradise and escape our world for a few hours. Trust me.
