In Love with Bali is a new romantic comedy directed by Johan Nijenhuis, director of In Love with Ibiza and In Love with Cuba. He has now directed a trilogy of In Love with... films.
After the death of her Indian grandmother, Jenny (Anouk Maas) convinces her sister and mother to go to Bali together. Here she hopes to learn more about her family background, which will help her find happiness in her family and love life.
With this new one in love with... Johan Nijenhuis makes another similar film, only this time in a different location: Bali. Here he plays a bit with the culture and customs of this place, but otherwise the film is also about characters who are trying to start a new relationship. Apart from the different place and culture, it remains somewhat of a standard romantic comedy.
By combining the cultural history elements of Bali and the three relationship-seeking characters, the film is a bit on the messy side. Because of the fame of the in love... films, you don't get so lost in the story, but you don't really get more interested compared to the other in love... films. Furthermore, the film is also full of clichés, which appear in many romantic comedies by Johan Nijenhuis.
The downside of this film is that the main character Jenny plays an influencer who tries to record everything in the right ways for more likes. This is done in an attempt at comedy, but her character just comes across as more annoying and insufferable.
