Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterLongtime friends and frequent co-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts toss back shots and break out funky dance moves in “Ticket to Paradise,” a romantic comedy in which they play hostile exes.Universal Pictures brought a sneak peak of the film — which opens in theaters on Oct.
21 — to CinemaCon, the annual exhibition trade show currently underway in Las Vegas.The two A-list stars were not on hand at Caesars Palace to promote “Ticket to Paradise,” but movie theater owners in the audience still appeared to be entertained by their on-screen reunion.Clooney and Roberts play a divorced couple who fly to Bali to stop their lovestruck daughter (played by Kaitlyn Dever) from marrying a man she barely knows.
The trailer, which hasn’t been released yet to the public, showcases several funny moments, including Clooney’s character drinking everyone on the island under the table and playing beer pong, which later prompts him to do the wave and the funky chicken.
Another moment that got a chuckle from the crowd: Robert and Clooney’s characters refused to sit next to each other on the plane and hurled insults until a flight attendant lets them switch.“Worst 19 years of my life,” Clooney says, to which Roberts replies, “We were only married for five.”“I’m including the recovery,” he fires back.They attempt to set aside their differences and call a truce in the name of scaring their daughter out of marrying a person who is essentially a stranger.“We have to do a Trojan Horse to make her think we’re OK with this,” Clooney tells his ex-wife.
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