Strait-laced Blandine (Olivia Côte) and party girl Magalie (Laure Calamy) were inseparable in middle school, only to be driven apart by relationship drama. Now decades later, Blandine’s husband has left her for a younger woman, and Magalie’s career is in a rut. When a suspicious plot contrivance makes vacation plans go awry, the pair end up traversing the Cyclades together en route to a luxury hotel.

Two Tickets To Greece is exactly what you would expect from a buddy summer holiday film, with wild and crazy Magalie landing them in all sorts of scrapes while Blandine rolls her eyes and eventually learns to let loose. The beats are all there, but something is missing: the main problem is Blandine, who sadly lives up to her name. Her stick-in-the-mud attitude is a constant downer, and those few moments where she submits to a sense of fun are too infrequent to make her likeable.

The film seems to be under the impression that the audience, like Blandine, will find Magalie overwhelming. In reality, she is its saving grace with Calamy bringing such a whimsical energy to the character that you can’t help but want to be her best friend. Two Tickets To Greece is also helped by the stunning vistas of the Cyclades and an array of cool, bohemian side characters, with Kristin Scott Thomas’ turn as free-spirited heiress Bijou particularly enjoyable. While the protagonist may be a dud, the sunny vibes and exotic location still provide some modest entertainment.

Two Tickets To Greece is in cinemas from Friday 17 May.