Two Tickets to Paradise
Two Tickets to Paradise
R | 01 January 2006 (USA)
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Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger

Reviews
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
doc-niemi I received an autographed copy of TTTP from DB Sweeney while he was visiting my Combat Outpost in Afghanistan a couple weeks ago. The truth and flaws in the characters are what really drive this story. The backdrop could have been a beer run gone awry and it still would have worked beautifully. The Superstar Quarterback with a bit of a gambling issue. The Rock God that has lost his swagger. The Valedictorian Genius stuck in corporate hell. These are real people that we all know. The fact that there is a road trip involved just makes the story more fun. Many of the conversations could have just as easily been set in a bar in Anywhere, USA or in a group therapy session and still made perfect sense. The jokes are funny without being ridiculous and the problems are stressful without being depressingly overbearing. This is a movie for a slightly older crowd than the 13-24 year olds most companies go for. For those of us that remember Dire Straits (when Centerfield was played at every BBQ and Town Picnic in the summer), Bruce Springsteen (back when he was still referred to as "The Boss") or U2 (before Bono went completely off the deep end with his politics and stopped making good music) this movie seems perfectly suited to our kind.
TommySweeney What a terrific movie! The music was great, as was the acting. I just wanted to be in this movie!!! Loved to see the Cutting Edge couple back together again!!! Hope to see more from this filmmaker. Loved seeing Vanna White's house burn down. How did you make Ed Harris's arm appear? Was that Chris Chelios in the bar scene? He seemed so natural getting into a bar fight. Didn't know he was an actor... How do we buy a copy of this movie? Is it available for sale on any website? I have a number of friends that would love to see this movie! Hopefully someone will post the information as to where it can be purchased. I'd probably buy three copies right away... I'm sure other people would as well.
regular14 Now that's it's 2008, who really has a care in the world about a guy like DB Sweeney, even back then he wasn't a big deal.Two Tickets to Paradise is an outlined story that's well and true where three friends hit the road under each of their personal circumstances. Again, a proved plot. The problem with this film, other than it's 'so bad it's compelling' title, is the script.Cliché after cliché three guys do the same things you've seen in every other road movie... and blow up vanna white's house.John C. McGinley's acting job is superb, especially compared to that of the late DB Sweeney's. (His career is dead, hence the late. though i hear he's moving to TV, good for him). Also, John C likely has the least awful character in the film.The score is so generic it actually feels like you're watching a third rate film from 1993, or Jeff Anderson's movie Now You Know (also set me back a few years, but at least that was more entertaining.) I mean, yah, i guess i enjoyed parts of it. But, the nerdy guy is annoying, DB tries to be this cool failed guitar player (with some rough influences, like some of the worst of classic rock) who has some strange relationship with a stripper, and John C is a gambler who's wife and kid leave him after the death of his father as well as a visit from one of his bookie's henchmen.I keep thinking up ways to make this movie better. But i think burning the script would have been a healthy start.But, as i've hinted this whole time, it's not the worst movie ever. And any chance i have to see McGinley in a starring role, i'll take it. Hopefully he starts getting some better projects.
nrotic After meeting DB during the Santa Fe Film Festival I wanted to check out his movie. I had already planned to go to the film but a few changes happened at the first showing. I promised him I would definitely go to the 2nd and I am glad I did. It had great humor, and a heart. It took me back to the times I spend with my childhood friends which have been friends for over 30 years. The trials we had through the years keeping our friendships together and how we made it through the roughest spots and remained friends. I thank you "DB" for making this film and your kindness in talking to me at the Santa Fe Film Festival. I am looking forward to your next project. Please contact me when you release this film I would like to purchase a copy for my friends in Oklahoma. Continued success in your career and life. The film also included great cinema photography, great acting, and surprises which I will not tell here you will have to see it when it comes to your town :) Thank you for the opportunity to see this great film. Sincerely J. Nathan Simmons of NewMexicoActors.com