Voyage de fin d'Année : Majorque

"Senior Trip: Mallorca" tries to capture Gen Z's vibe on the island where some graduates traditionally celebrate and, at its best, tackles a rarely addressed subject: the teenage years lost to Covid. In its strongest moments, characters speak candidly about lockdowns freezing friendships, blocking first loves, and putting big dreams on hold. These honest fragments feel authentic and give the film a depth seldom found in party comedies.

Unfortunately, director Paco Caballero frames those worthwhile passages with a labored slapstick plot. Vomit-gags during drinking games, a randomly escalating "sangria contest," and stock side-characters-the perpetually stoned influencer, the catty school diva, the lovably awkward nerd-prompt more eye-rolling than laughs. Many jokes feel like recycled sketch ideas stretched beyond TikTok length. The ensemble chemistry is basically sound, but the script leaves little room for real growth; conflicts resolve in sudden group hugs while flat set-pieces set up the next YouTube-ready shock moment.

Visually the film swings between postcard vistas and reality-show aesthetics. Drone shots over turquoise coves look slick, yet club and hotel scenes are blandly lit and resemble low-rent reality TV. The soundtrack offers Instagram-ready Latin-pop loops so generic they're forgotten instantly.

Bottom line: worthwhile Gen-Z self-searching and a valuable pandemic reflection are sabotaged by shallow comedy and cliché overload. A movie that wants to be both sincere and goofy ultimately sinks into Balearic banality. The scattered bright moments only reach 4 out of 10.

Terrible movie. The plot was horrible, blaming the older generations while this Gen Z is the worst. Don't watch it. I don't know if they wanna show all the Spanish people as part of the LGTBIQ+ community. This is a movie that portrays wrong ideas of what young people should do. This shouldn't be on air, Prime Video should check all its content before promoting this in every place! Gen Z should be actively enrolled in the military service, serving the country. I am proud and happy to not be a Spaniard if this is the norm of the country. To end this, a positive thing. The one night of the movie felt like an entire week...

Honestly, I was expecting something much worse. With a title like that, and knowing it was a Prime Video production, the most logical thing was to fear a tasteless teen mess. But End-of-School Trip: Mallorca, while far from good, is at least watchable. That doesn't mean it escapes all the typical flaws of this kind of film: weak script, poorly developed characters, uneven pacing, and a final message that tries to go deep but stays shallow.

The funny thing is that the movie is based on a real event that made headlines at the time: the COVID outbreak in Mallorca in 2021 that led to a hotel quarantine for a bunch of students. From there, Paco Caballero tries to mix raunchy comedy, social commentary, and generational drama, but he loses control of almost everything. At times, it wants to be Project X, other times Lord of the Flies, and then Good Morning Spain, with a parody that, to be fair, works quite well.

Yolanda Ramos, as always, is the highlight. Just seeing her elevates whatever she's in, although she appears far too little here. The rest of the cast is uneven. Berta Castañé has a decent moment or two, but her character takes so long to explode that by the time she does, we've already checked out. The rest of the kids seem pulled from a TikTok casting call, blending apathy and overacting in equal measure.

The worst part isn't even that. It's the editing, which makes everything feel disjointed, and that forced attempt at a deep message about generational divide and misunderstood youth. The problem isn't the idea itself, but how it's handled-clumsy and one-dimensional, as if everyone over 30 were a soulless boomer and the kids were helpless victims of a system crushing them as they pop pills by the pool. Subtle, it is not.

Still, there are a few redeemable moments. The critique of certain media outlets, the chaotic vibe that fits the post-pandemic anxiety, and a couple of scenes with a bit of spark. But it's not enough. It feels like the film doesn't know if it wants us to laugh, think, or relate to characters who just aren't believable. If it had committed to one clear tone, it could've been better. Not a great film, but maybe a more honest one.

The good reviews clearly are from those who are the same age as the actors in this movie. They wouldn't know a good movie if it hit them Square in the face! This is terrible. The acting is terrible. Everything is terrible about it. There's nothing good. And to think that there are people out there who actually think this is a good movie. Well they're clueless and nobody takes them seriously.

It's amazing how crap like this can get good rankings by people who have no idea. Maybe they should watch some good movies out there that are actually good and not perceived by the generation Z because they have no idea.

How do you expect anyone to respect them when they tell older people to f off? That's not how you gain Respect you have to earn it.,You don't just get it automatically. White choke this is how for lack of respect for authority and common sense gets into their stupid thick brains.

No pun intended obviously and as always. I actually thought this would be a German movie - I watched a movie last year I think that had a similar title ... so it would have been fitting to do a pseudo sequel to it ... especially if it was semi successful! Turns out it is a Spanish movie. And while it does have quite a lot to say (about freedom about growing up, about society, restraints and the backlash it can trigger to name just a few things) ... there might be things depicted here you don't like to see.

Actually if you are a decent human being, the movie should more than challenge your morals and your views ... you should not go along with many of the things shown here. But the tone that is set from the beginning ... the mayhem we witness before it happens ... well it all "fits" quite nicely - while of course it is anything but nice. Young people are prone to do stuff that are not ... in anyones best interest ... that's the way life goes ... commentary on that (literally too) is there - though I doubt that they would be silenced by a powerful (give her that) speech ... anyway, this is madness and it doesn't even play in Sparta (again no pun intended) - also don't try this at home or elsewhere.