Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

D.B. Sweeney

Writers (WGA):

Brian Currie (written by) &
D.B. Sweeney (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Good Friends...Good Times...Great Seats!

Plot:

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.

Awards:

13 wins

Cast

John C. McGinley	...	Mark
D.B. Sweeney	...	Billy McGriff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ned Bellamy	...	Stan
Jenn Brown	...	Hooter Girl
Mandy Brown	...	Dancer On Bar
Brian Currie	...	Collector
Dilsey Davis	...	Janice
Tad Dowd	...	Scalper
M.C. Gainey	...	Barbosa
Tristan Gretzky	...	Hayden
Ed Harris	...	Melville
Pat Hingle	...	Mark's Dad
Paul Hipp	...	Jason Klein
Dutch Hofstetter	...	Young Mark
Janet Jones	...	Sherry
Nina Kaczorowski	...	Scarlett
Moira Kelly	...	Kate
Rex Linn	...	Karl
Tanya Mayeux	...	Jade
Mark Moses	...	Football Dad
Giulia Pagano	...	Judy
Tim Parati	...	Lazy Pete
Zack Rockefeller	...	Young Jason
Nick Vallelonga	...	Bar manager
Ed Wagenseller	...	Slick
Vanna White	...	Herself
Austin Whitlock	...	Young Billy

Also Known As:

Life's a Trip (Europe: English title)
Two Tickets to Paradise (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language including crude sexual references, and some drug use.

Runtime:

90 min (d.b. sweeney)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Scrudge LLC

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the discussion of "scrudge" songs, Mark asks what song is after U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name." Billy replies with "Bullet the Blue Sky." The order of the songs suggested does not appear on any official U2 album. On The Joshua Tree album, the song after "Where the Streets Have No Name" is "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." "Bullet the Blue Sky" follows "With or Without You."

Movie Connections:

References "Love Connection" (1983)

Soundtrack:

I Told You So

Great little film

3 men well into their adulthood and facing problems - ranging from an unfaithful wife to gambling debts - decide to take a road trip to the Superbowl after one of them unexpectedly wins tickets in a raffle. What results is a coming of age story with a certain twist.

Twist in that these men have already come of age - they are adults, working, tending the family, and all of life's problems. The coming of age comes in that they are men locked in their past, still reminiscing of the good old days when they were young and life was easy, fun, and there was little, if anything, to complain about. One was a star athlete, one a musician, one the class valedictorian. But then, somewhere down the line it just dissolved away and they are now working dead-end jobs, which they obviously don't like, and life is... bland. Completely unlike before.

Very well written, acted, and directed with a strong focus on the characters and often gut-bustingly funny the film presents one of life's most valuable, though not most obvious lessons: life will not live itself for you, you have to live your life.

Props to first time director D.B. Sweeney. 10/10

Not Rated as of yet, but has occasional profanity/crude dialog and some humorous drug use.