Ticket to Paradise is a 2022 romantic comedy film directed by Ol Parker and written by Parker and Daniel Pipski. The film stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts (who also serve as executive producers) as a divorced couple who decide to team up and sabotage the impending wedding of their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever).
Ticket to Paradise had its world premiere in Barcelona on September 8, 2022, and was released in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 21, 2022, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics.
Premise
Two divorced parents, David and Georgia Cotton, travel to Bali after learning that their daughter, Lily, is planning to marry a man named Gede, whom she has just met. They decide to work together to sabotage the wedding to prevent Lily from making the same mistake they made twenty-five years ago.
Ticket to Paradise is a co-production between Working Title Films, Smokehouse Pictures, and Red Om Films. Ol Parker and Daniel Pipski wrote the screenplay, and Parker directed. The film was announced by Universal Pictures on February 26, 2021. It reunites actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts after previously working on Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Money Monster (2016). Deadline Hollywood noted Universal's reluctance to sell the distributor rights to a streaming service in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and said it was "important to those wondering when film studios are going to stop selling pricey star packages to streamers".[2]Billie Lourd joined the cast in March;[3]Kaitlyn Dever was added to the cast in April;[4] and Lucas Bravo was revealed to star in October.[5] Clooney used a Keto-based regimen to lose weight in preparation for his role.[6]
Principal photography took place in Queensland, Australia, between November 2021 and February 2022.[7] Ole Bratt Birkeland was the cinematographer.[8] The film received a grant of AU$6.4 million (US$4.92 million) from the Australian federal government. Paul Fletcher, the Australian Minister for Communications and the Arts, said the production generated at least 270 jobs and AU$47 million (US$36.2 million) for the local economy. Filming locations included the Whitsunday Islands, the HOTA gallery at the Gold Coast, Brisbane Airport,[9] cane fields near Norwell, Tamborine National Park, Queen's Wharf, Brisbane, Hamilton Island Airport, Carrara Markets,[10] Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, and the Palm Bay Resort on Long Island.[11][12][13] Production was briefly put in hiatus in January 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in Queensland.[14]
During post-production, Lorne Balfe composed the film's score.[15]
Release
Universal Pictures released the film theatrically in Australia on September 15, 2022,[16] and it was released in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2022, and in the United States on October 21, 2022.[17] It was originally set to be released in the US on September 30, 2022.[18] The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 delayed the film's UK release from September 16 to September 20.[19] The film will stream on Peacock 45 days after its theatrical debut in the US.[20]
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 48 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.The website's consensus reads, "Ticket to Paradise may not send viewers all the way to the promised land, but this reunion for a pair of megawatt stars is still an agreeably frothy good time."[21] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 48 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[22]
Box office
The film opened in seven markets ahead of its US release, grossing $800,000 from Spain and $700,000 from Brazil.[23]
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