George Clooney joked that he’s had enough of his friend Julia Roberts after the pair filmed “Ticket to Paradise” in Australia together.
14.09.2022 - 22:07 / variety.com
Richard Kuipers 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 the kind of lightweight entertainment that nowadays would frequently bypass cinemas and go straight to streaming platforms. With its powerhouse central duo radiating charm even when the direction lacks panache and the dialogue isn’t that funny, this ultra-formulaic concoction should still attract large crowds to its theatrical run. Looking and sounding like it could have been made 20 or 30 years ago, “Ticket” may not contain that much sparkling and sophisticated wit — or indeed many big belly laughs — but delivers sufficient smiles and chuckles to register as an easily enjoyable if unmemorable diversion for audiences seeking simple escapist entertainment. Taking a basic cue from the “Philadelphia Story” school of comedies about divorced couples giving it another shot, director Ol Parker (“Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,”
George Clooney joked that he’s had enough of his friend Julia Roberts after the pair filmed “Ticket to Paradise” in Australia together.
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Julia Roberts and George Clooney landed at the top of the international box office chart this weekend as Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise expanded its offshore rollout. Adding 39 markets for a $12.1M session in 46 lifted the overseas cume to $14.8M with several majors still to come; domestic begins on October 21. Collectively, the new markets this session performed above Last Christmas and Yesterday, and in line with The Lost City and Bridget Jones’s Baby.
Julia Roberts rarely ever posts on social media, but she gave fans a rare glimpse into a happy occasion with a candid selfie.MORE: Julia Roberts' son looks just like his dad in remarkable photoThe actress shared a fresh-faced photograph of herself with producer and director Sam Esmail, who helmed her Amazon Prime Video project Homecoming.VIDEO: Julia Roberts pens sweet tribute to her 'magical' niece Emma RobertsShe captioned her heartwarming photo in honor of his birthday with: "Truly and deeply one of my favorite people. Happy Birthday Sam," alongside a few celebratory emojis.The picture quickly garnered a slew of likes from her many fans, including a few of her famous friends like Lily Collins and Busy Philipps.MORE: See the adorable way Julia Roberts honored her husband and children during her exciting night outThe star has a lot to look forward to and has been keeping quite busy, trying to juggle spending time with friends and family with a slew of exciting projects.Her latest and definitely one of her most anticipated is Ticket to Paradise, due to release in the US on 21 October, marking her return to romantic comedies alongside George Clooney.
George Clooney is convinced 900,000 lives would have been saved if America had followed Australia’s Covid response. The 61-year-old actor, who filmed his new comedy ‘Ticket to Paradise’ in Australia during the peak of the country’s pandemic lockdown, praised its ultra-strict policy on isolation as “admirable”. He said on Australian current affairs show The Project: “I look at what particularly Australia did, and some of these things get politicised.
In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Universal has chosen to delay the UK release of the Julia Roberts/George Clooney romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise “out of respect to the Royal Family.”
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Julia Roberts opened up about her special relationship with George Clooney and how he and his family “saved” her while they were filming Ticket to Paradise.