In the new film, Ticket to Paradise, George Clooney and Julia Roberts play divorced parents

determined to stop the wedding of their adult daughter.

It's part romantic comedy, part wacky adventure, and part gorgeous travel movie full of beaches

and sunsets and beautiful blue water.

In a time when romantic comedies and theaters aren't as common as they once were, Clooney

and Roberts bring their considerable movie star powers to bear alongside younger actors

like Caitlin Deever, who plays their daughter.

I'm Aisha Harris, and I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about Ticket to Paradise

on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining us today is the host of NPR's It's Been a Minute, Brittany Luce.

Hey Brittany.

Hi.

Also, joining us for her Pop Culture Happy Hour debut is freelance journalist Christina

Eskabar, she's the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Latina Media Puntoco.

Welcome to the show, Christina.

Thank you so much for having me.

We are absolutely delighted to welcome you.

Ticket to Paradise is the first straight up romantic comedy, really that George Clooney

and Julia Roberts have appeared in together, even though notably they played X's before

in Oceans 11.

Whether they played David and Georgia Cotton, a couple of wealthy professionals who divorced

years ago when their daughter Lily, played by Caitlin Deever, was young and who have been

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