They get the "rom" part right in "Ticket to Paradise" but it could use some more "com."
The fault may be in the movie's marketing, which makes it look like a quippy romantic comedy in Bali. Which it's not. Co-star Julia Roberts has acted opposite handsome co-star Javier Bardem in that Indonesian utopia — "Eat Pray Love" — but she and George Clooney mostly shot the Bali-set "Paradise" in Australia. And, after they trade mildly amusing insults in the first couple scenes of "Paradise," it shifts to a more contemplative look at what went wrong with their characters' marriage.
Georgia (Roberts) is a gallerist and jumpsuit enthusiast who was married to attorney David (Clooney) two decades ago. They divorced and, as Georgia notes, have tried not to be in the same time zone ever since. That ends when their daughter Lily (Kaitlyn Dever) announces her vacation in Bali has turned to forever in Bali because she has fallen in love with a seaweed farmer. They head to Indonesia to attend her wedding, but in fact, to break it up.
