Loving Ibiza (2013)
Kevin is a young footballer who recently made a multimillion deal by transferring to FC Barcelona. He hardly realizes what is happening to him. Too young, too rich, too beautiful. His girlfriend Elza knows how Kevin should spend his millions. She is eagerly anticipating her birthday where Kevin will ask her the most important question of all. Kevin's grandmother Karla observes it all from the sidelines with concern. Fortunately there is the down-to-earth event planner Lizzy who shows Kevin the meaning of true love.
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As a guy who loves to listen to the Dutch Language, I was looking forward to watching this film. And I loved it seriously. Maybe the subtitles were not good so I couldn't understand what they were speaking, but anyway in the end I got the total point of the film.Loved how they put Armin Van Buuren in the film, there should be more films with DJs. Although I didn't think they would represent Ushuaia Hotel rooms in such bad condition with cockroaches and dirty bathtubs and stuff.... I always thought that's like the best Hotel Beach Club on the island. Amazing beaches, wonderful horizons, would like to visit Ibiza myself sometime.Amazing romantic story, just loved it.
No pun intended with that summary line by the way. And while it is very predictable (I defy anyone watching this, not foreseeing where it will end after 10 minutes or less), it is still fun to watch. Which is something that can be attached to the actors and the writer of the movie. They are not trying to be too nice or too PC and that is what elevates the movie.You're in Ibiza, of course there will be naked people and other stuff some people won't like to see. Beautiful people all around and a Dutch take on a holiday romantic comedy. It does what it says on the box, so it's up to you to decide, whether this is for you or not
I had so much fun watching this movie. Quite a few characters at first, but they are all played by well known actors so you get familiar with them quickly. Whether in their teens, twenties, thirties or fifties, all characters are trying to fight their age on party island Ibiza. Visually thrilling, but it's the comedy scenes that I liked best. Lex is hilarious as the old rock star that approves of his daughter having sex with her sister's husband. Irma (in her fifties) comes to the island to read books on the beach but meets good looking Jim Bakkum (in his twenties). She never intended to be a Cougar but their romance unfolds in a loving way. Sanne Vogel is adoring as a party-planner that falls in love with a rich soccer player whose friends enjoy spraying expensive bottles of champagne over the party crowd in clubs. "Verliefd op Ibiza" kept me excited every minute.
On a beautiful island with beautiful and handsome people develops all kind of story lines. The movie is in the tradition of the Dutch films Costa! and Volle Maan, also directed by the same Johan Nijenhuis. The male and female actors are great. It's nice to see some of the players from the Dutch television series Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden in a different manner. I find great chemistry between Simone Kleinsma and Jim Bakkum. The buttocks of Jan Kooijman, everybody in The Netherlands was so excited about, is nicely photographed, good camera-work. It's a nice movie, with a laugh and a tear. And stay when the closing credits appear. There's a nice last shot with Kim Feenstra in it.