I love romantic comedies. Every Christmas, my mother and I are those people who watch “Love, Actually.” And I”m not ashamed to admit I saw “He’s Just Not That Into You”and “Mamma Mia!” in theaters. Twice. This might be a surprising revelation if you’re familiar with my criticism – I care deeply about female characters and am especially skeptical of films that write them poorly (by unnecessarily raping them, or killing them, or, I don’t know, turning them into passive sex robots).

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Every year, thousands of travelers take to Ibiza for a holiday of a lifetime. Between the parties, beaches, music festivals, and sunshine, Ibiza has something for everyone—in Harper’s case, it’s a man.

Harper (Gillian Jacobs) is a thirty-something New Yorker who is sent on a business trip to Barcelona. Naturally, when her two best friends Leah (Phoebe Robinson) and Nikki (Vanessa Bayer) find out, Harper’s business trip turns into a shenanigan-filled girls’ trip that ultimately leads to a romance with a DJ (Richard Madden).

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