There's not a whole lot about "Ibiza" that feels original.
A "girls night out in an exotic locale" thing has been done (recently in films like "Girls Trip" and "Rough Night") and the reason behind the shenanigans (girl-chases-hot-guy) of course has been done to death.
But still, the presence of actresses Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson somehow makes it work.
Jacobs, best known for NBC's "Community," plays Harper, a New York working gal who is sent on an overseas trip to Spain. She brings along her best buds Leah (Robinson) and Nikki (Bayer) for after-hours hijinx. It's Harper's first big trip, and her boss (Michaela Watkins) has made it clear she's putting a lot of trust in her.
Enter Leo West (Richard Madden) a hot DJ who pulls Harper out of a crowd, has a moment with her, and exits. Harper is smitten, and instead of staying in Spain and closing her deal, decides, at more than a little prodding from her friends, to squeeze in a trip to the nearby titular island to see him again the next night and close that particular deal.
The rest of the film finds Taylor and company racing to meet Leo and getting back in time for her meeting. The girls indulge, and of course crazy things happen along the way.
The women of "Ibiza" are brazenly sexual, giving them a vibe that in typical comedies of this type reserved normally for men. This is terrific, of course, and is the best thing the film has going for it. It's not afraid to have one of its main characters dallying with a married man (though she doesn't know it at the time, she doesn't exactly lament his status afterward).
At the same time, Jacobs is a calming influence on the film, playing the straightwoman throwing caution (and her job) to the wind in search of a good time. She was fantastic in Netflix's series "Love," and she impresses here as a completely different character.
Bayer as the wingwoman shows off what has made her one of the featured players on "Saturday Night Live," and she very often sticks the landing. Robinson is the unfettered horn dog of the group, least afraid to have fun, or feel guilt about it later, and she shines in that role.
The girls have a real energy together, and whether they are inspecting their hotel room (introducing the term "residual jizz" to the world, and it's better for it), or fleeing a crazed woman with a knife at a house party, you buy them as real friends.
Yes, it's still the kind of film where a character gets a comically bad sunburn that magically disappears a few hours later (and for the rest of the film), but there is at least a line of dialog about the "Spanish sun" that is a tongue-in-cheek explanation. The message is clear: "we're just messing around. Go with it."
And while the characters are pursuing men, they are doing so much in the way many dudebros starring in movies like this have in countless films in the past. In other words, they're not looking to get hitched, they're just looking to score.
"Ibiza" isn't a great film, but it's a serviceable comedy with a few solid laughs, one that is certainly worth stopping for when you're browsing through Netflix.