It's nice to see Clooney and Roberts on screen together and in this type of lighthearted fair but the script is so obtuse, so bludgeoning regardless of the talent in the cast it's tough to take. It seems like they're having a good time but not because what they're making is good but because of its beautiful locations. Their characters are awful and their much delayed 'redemption' is unbelievable and forced. The comedy is incredibly strained, there's an air over the whole movie of rich people entitlement(the basic circumstances of the whole movie would be incredibly expensive for any of the characters to logistically participate in), and whatever romance is involved is also highly questionable(an extremely hostile divorced couple is going to give-it-another-shot after 15 years? A recent college grad deciding to get married within a couple weeks of meeting someone IS an insane naïve thing to do). It is nice to get time and attention on the Balinese people but even then it smacks of stereotype, the 'exotic' foreigner.
The production is all relatively successful if not inspired(not atypical for a romcom). Effective cinematography, decent score, eye-candy costumes. It all works. It's the script that is the insurmountable hurdle. The plot and the attitudes are straight out of the 90's but not in a nostalgic way, it's baffling and it's boring.
A romcom mostly devoid of romance or comedy.
Currently in theaters, coming soon to VOD.
Don't See It.
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