![]() One of the funniest scenes in the film takes place while the house is dark and everyone is asleep. A lot of the humor lies in the tension generated by the thieves' masquerade and by the tension between the two (in an earlier scene Griffith, posing again as a detective, had conned Compson and her gang in San Francisco and made off with a huge sum of their money). ![]() In one scene Griffith delights the guests by having them hide an item for him to find, while he waits in the next room where the safe is kept, desperately trying to break into it and steal the necklace before he's called back. Griffith and Compson make repeated and often hilarious attempts to steal the necklace while the wedding party is on and the house is full of guests and two bonafide plainclothes police. ![]() True, the film is not gag driven most of the humor comes from the dramatic irony of two rival jewel thieves, Griffith and Compson, making their way into the home where the necklace is kept locked away in a safe, Griffith posing as a police detective who says he's there to make sure the necklace is safe Compson pretends to be a servant. Which they do, pursued by police cars and motorcycles. So Compson convinces Griffith to cross back over the border again and on into California and return the necklace to its owners. But the missing reel has Compson having second thoughts about the heist of the necklace-it was, after all, intended to go to the daughter of the necklace's owner on her wedding day. As it stands the film ends with Compson and Griffith crossing the border into Mexico, beyond the reach of the gaggle of police who've been chasing them. Even this print was incomplete, missing the final reel. Starring George Clooney, Sean Lynch, Julia Roberts.I first saw this film in 1972 in London, shortly after the only extant copy was found. The locations are indeed beautiful, but the company leaves something to be desired. I have no doubt that this film will tick the boxes for escape-seeking audiences. I was all set to come home and start planning my fantasy vacation in Bali until I learned that the movie was filmed in Australia. More to the point, it takes place in stunning locations. It offers little negative content (aside from some heavy drinking and a game of beer pong played with hard liquor) and has minimal sexual material or violence. Ticket to Paradise is very successful from that perspective. Romantic comedies continue to exist as a film genre not because they provide realistic stories but because they offer an escape. As for Kaitlyn Dever and Maxime Bouttier, the script doesn’t require much more than sweet naiveté, which they deliver with the appropriate amount of gentle charm. Clooney doesn’t give his finest performance here - there’s a little too much jaw-clenching in place of believable emotion – but he’s an adequate foil for Roberts. Julia Robert’s smile has a dazzling radiance and when it’s combined with moments of vulnerability or contrition, it makes even the most unappealing character seem capable of redemption. In a truly remarkable piece of cinematic alchemy, Julia Roberts and George Clooney turn this awful story into something watchable. The only thing that saves this dumpster-fire of a script is the cast. It’s cruel and carries what looks to me like a racist subtext. Listening to David tell Gede that he will never be enough for a woman as well-educated and ambitious as Lily is stomach-churning. Agreeing to launch a “Trojan horse” operation, they pretend to be excited about the wedding while stealing the wedding rings and trying to undermine Gede’s faith in his fiancée’s long-term devotion. They are selfish, bitter, and unforgiving to one another and deceitful and heartless in their treatment of their daughter. David and Georgia are thoroughly unlikable people who snark constantly and play one-upmanship games throughout. Let me be clear– this is a terrible plot. And since they are both convinced that marrying a seaweed farmer in Bali is not the path to long-term happiness, David and Georgia decide to put aside their rancor, work together, and break up Lily’s engagement. The only thing these parents can agree on is that they want their daughter to be happy. After four years of marriage, they divorced and have spent the subsequent years in a state of simmering hostility. It’s not the speedy nuptials that make Lily nervous: her parents are tying her up in knots.ĭavid and Georgia Cotton (George Clooney and Julia Roberts) are enough to daunt the staunchest heart. Instead, she met Gede (Maxime Bouttier), fell in love, and is getting married in four days. After graduating from law school, she traveled to Bali with her best friend, Wren (Billie Lourd), for some R&R. Lily Cotton (Kaitlyn Dever) has more to worry about than the average bride.
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