Familien-Bande

The first half of this movie is quite nice. But the second half is so terrible you wished you had not seen it. The whole movie is half comedy, half drama. From the start the adult actors play comedy but the kids act very realistic, as far as the script makes it possible (which is not very far).

The real stars are acting in the daughters (age 15 or 16?)t-shirt, the director has done everything to show them at their best. At least the half of her scenes "Madelon" is running around topless or in t-shirt and white panties. For certain that was one of the reasons it was such a big hit in Holland

I wasn't expecting the ending this movie have but its suit the title. Darling with the exclamation mark is the best creative part of this movie. This film story follow a family's inner relationship that rebuke today's parents and their children bonding from the bottom.

The interesting part is how the story escalate comedy to horror(no its not the genre).

Its a hidden gem of European movie for sure. And must watch for new gen-z peopleso they can learn how to defend themselves(just kidding). But yes the lesson we should learn from this movie. And don't forget this is the most successful Dutch movie at the time.

This movie is not like other comedies, it's extremely violent, offensive and weird at times, the result is an odd comedy that has its few moments.

The movie starts of quite well and has a good concept but later on the movie suddenly takes a turn and becomes even more odder and unlikely than the first halve, with the weird and sudden musical number that doesn't fit into the movie at all as the ultra lowest point of the movie. I lost all my respect and interest after that moment.

But sure the movie has its moments. There are some comical and funny moments and Rijk de Gooyer plays an enjoyable character but all of that is simply not enough to save this movie.

Not worth seeing.

4/10

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Schatjes is a good example of the poor level of the Dutch cinema in the 80's. The acting is very weak, there's almost no story and the script is missing every form of reality. There is a lot of sick slapstick into it which will make no one laughing. It's hard to understand that this film makes one million Dutch people go to the cinema while a lot of good movies from my country are ignored by the audience. If you are still going to watch the movie be prepared for the ridiculous ending.

Ok , It's not a work of art and sure , the Dutch movie-industry has a lot more to offer than this , but we are talking about the same year that 'Police Academy' was released in the theaters.

'Schatjes' and the sequel 'Mama is boos' was just one of those movies that was fun to watch, especially as a Belgian Dutch-speaking viewer. And when it comes to slapstick , I bow for the folks from the Low-lands. All WE had so far was 'Gaston en Leo' and 'Urbanus' (no offence to his one-man show talent of course).

I give it a 6. My highest score in this genre.