tristankilian Review of Ibiza

Ibiza (2018)

I watched it to the end, expecting the plot to reveal itself

[4/10 · 27 May 2018]

This is the story of friends hijacking a business trip to party in Spain. They land in Barcelona and go to the beach. They then go to a club where the lead "meet cutes" a DJ. There's not much chemistry but we are expected to think there is. They then go to a pretty lame house party where my favorite actor from Sense 8 has a fling with the one girl. There's a lame scene where she runs from a knife wielding lover and gathers her friends. There's possibly some comical moments scripted but it doesn't come together on screen. They then see that the hot DJ is playing in Ibiza. They mispronounce Ibiza. A lot. It gets annoying. They catch a flight and there is an awkward lengthy scene with guys at the back of the plane which ends in shots and party music. They catch a cab and are dropped off in the middle of nowhere to watch a sunset. This doesn't look like Ibiza at all. It's not. But hey, the actors are enjoying it. The audience, not so much. The club scenes are ok. The music is great. She finds her DJ. The end. At least, this is where I should have stopped watching. But I carried on, glued to the screen hoping for a glimpse of something amazing. There was a half decent scene where the fun friend attends the business meeting in Barcelona and steals the limelight for a while. Her performance was damn good. But then the lead takes over and kills the mood. I watched in horror as they returned home, she gets fired and makes her Hollywood exit. It ends horribly, soon after that. I felt betrayed by the plot. I wanted more. I wanted more laughter, more debauchery. More action. More sex. It felt like a documentary with a happy ending.