The movie “Ticket to Paradise” began showing in many countries of the world, including the Middle East, this September, and it is expected to be shown in the United States next October, and it represents the return of the famous duo “George Clooney”. and “Julia Roberts”; Which has been a great incentive for many spectators since it was announced.

The film achieved a 70% average on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviews varying between positives and negatives, and a rating of 6.4 on IMDB, but in the end it is definitely a better rate than expected for a romantic comedy movie. .

Nostalgia generation of the eighties and nineties

George Clooney and Julia Roberts were among the most important stars of the nineties and around. They starred in comedies and romantic films, and then developed into other more serious cinematic genres, but during this journey they were associated in the minds of the generations who were raised on their films as examples of love, romance and lightness.

The two stars have certainly grown up, and so have the old viewers, so their appearance in the cinema has decreased, especially with the decline in popularity and importance of romantic comedies in light of the youth’s tendency to other more exciting genres for them such as superheroes and science fiction, where the decade of the nineties can be considered the heyday of romantic cinema.

But here today, George Clooney and Julia Roberts return with a movie that resembles their old works, but with changes that make it compatible with the age they are going through. A short one ended with one daughter, and endless bitterness, but they must face each other one last time and work together to disrupt the marriage of their young daughter to a lover who lives on the island of Bali; This marriage that prevents her from a future meticulously planned by her parents.

Comedy situations arise from cultural differences, the fast-paced American way of life filled with ready-made plans, and those of the quiet island of Bali, which sanctifies the enjoyment of the simple joys of life day by day, in addition to the parents’ attempt to abandon the stable hostility between them to achieve their most important goal, which is to spoil the awaited wedding.

No to innovation

A Ticket to Heaven directed by Oliver Parker, best known for presenting the Mamma Mia sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, a work that bears many similarities to The film is the subject of our conversation today, as both take place on a remote island that enjoys the magic of nature and the calm lifestyle to which Western people flee in search of happiness, and also brings them together that the main event is a celebration that takes place after a few days that leads to a radical change in the lives of some of the invitees.

In general, the story of the film did not carry any innovation, whether compared to the films of Mamma Mia, or the usual romantic comedy films, but this did not alienate viewers who mainly seek to restore their old memories with a film similar to what they were raised during their adolescence and youth, the target audience is not young people Adolescents, and even those over the age of 30, which is a relatively large segment and has recently become the focus of filmmakers and studios.

The film tried to build an internal basis for its characters, something that films of this type usually lack, so it gave dimensions to the past of the two heroes, and tried to provide some justifications for the separation between them, not placing either of them as a culprit in this relationship or a culprit, but in the end these justifications came as trite as advice about relationships In the prime of life, which may be destroyed by the absence of maturity, or the assumption of huge responsibilities prematurely, the film received nothing but the honor of trying.

But on the other hand, he was not fair in these justifications. The heroine secretly bore the responsibility for the failure of the marriage. She is the mother who did not want her character to be absent in the roles of the mother and wife, so she was psychologically absent from the relationship with the husband, until their lives were destroyed in the end, while she did not The husband bears any responsibility, and eventually the father who wants to be in the life of his daughter, who is always present, who cries at her wedding, appears.

Comedy moments came clever, taking advantage of the generation represented by the film’s heroes in contrast to the old generations, such as the scene of dancing to the tunes of songs that are from a bygone era now, or the mother’s relationship with her handsome younger French lover who represents everything that is the antithesis of the father; Which ignites the latter’s jealousy.

This, of course, with a review of the beauty of the charming nature of the island, to resemble the film in some places, tourist ads about the Maldives, Bali, the white beaches and the blue sea, which is unmatched anywhere else in the world.

The movie “A Ticket to Heaven” is a work that accurately identified its audience; The generation of the eighties and nineties, who is still looking for a place in this world, has become too old for popular youth films, and is not old enough to watch classic films and believe that they are the most wonderful in the world. A job that is a “comfort zone” for them with no greater challenges than appearing handsome and natural lightness.

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