Netflix's new no.1 brings two Oscar-winners back together – and fans love it

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Ticket to Paradise has Clooney and Roberts – but also a mixed reputation

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If there’s one surefire way to draw people to your streaming service, grabbing movies that star the biggest actors on the planet has to be it. Netflix has underlined the strength of that approach with its latest number-one movie in the UK –Ticket to Paradise.

This 2022 comedy stars none other than George Clooney and Julia Roberts, both of whom are previous Oscar-winners (although it’s been a few years), and has clearly made quite a splash on the platform. Not everyone agrees, based on a significant variance in ratings, but many fans are loving it.

Ticket to Paradise | Official Trailer [HD] - YouTubeWatch On

Ticket to Paradise | Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube

The movie sees Clooney and Roberts play divorcees who have to band together when they fly out to Thailand for their daughter’s wedding to a young man neither of them has ever met.

They want to put an end to the engagement, but that also means at least temporarily burying the hatchet between themselves, too. You’ll be shocked to hear this, but sparks might just start to fly despite their estrangement and apparent animosity.

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Ticket to Paradise

Where audiences are concerned, however, it’s a much more resounding success, with an 87% score showing that many people have really vibed with the movie since it came out. In an era where feel-good movies are topping the streaming charts even with shockingly low scores, this means it’s no surprise thatTicket to Paradisehas done so well.

Some of those user reviews show just what people are enjoying, too – one personwrote: “I loved this movie! What’s not to love about a movie with both Julia Roberts and George Clooney?” That’s a simple rhetorical question, but it nails the fact that the two have had great chemistry for ages, and in multiple movies together.

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