New Kids Turbo

Better than all the nonsense comedies made in Hollywood(LeftW00D) 2020-21!

It was the first time I saw a Dutch comedy with this style! It was great and spectacular...

First of all, I am an American.

And I enjoyed this movie very much. This is not a comedy for simpletons.. Yet they will enjoy it as well.

I think the acting was very good, (spot on!) and portrayed the characters just as they should have been. I loved how the characters dressed in outfits circa 1990's and followed failed trends of Americans.

There are a lot of smart jokes if you're quick enough to catch on, if not - there are plenty, and I mean plenty of crude humored situations as well.

I don't see how you can miss the entire story-line, but there is a story, and it comes together incredibly. Definitely different from the norm as far as stories and characters go.

I found this movie to be very clever and entertaining. I could not stop laughing throughout..

The kind of humor that's not for everyone, but these guys make it work. Never pretending to make a classic, but just wanting to entertain.

It might look cheap, but is actually well directed, with decent production design and very nice pace.

"New Kids Nitro" is very much the "Flodder" of its generation, mainly because the makers just don't give a damn. Doesn't sound very thrilling perhaps, but I mean it in the best possible way. "New Kids Nitro" is vile, ugly and meaningless, and that's just incredibly refreshing in an era where so many movies are polished until they lose all their identity. Granted, it's just the same two or three jokes over and over again (random car crash, person getting shot out of nowhere, someone being called a homo), but the amazing thing is that they just keep working and working. And from time to time the makers even bother to throw something to us that's actually creative, like the scene with the old Nazi dude (who ends up getting shot out of nowhere, but that's a given). I don't see a Palm d'Or in this movie's future, but damn is it a brilliant guilty pleasure. Instant classic.

To understand a part of this movie you have to know a little history. I went to school in the 90's in Eindhoven, a city near the place were the movie takes place. In that time a lot of people dressed as the people in the movie, drove the Sita scooters and drive around in Opel brand cars pretending to be the tough guys. Those people were called Johnny and Anita's. Sneakers, sport clothing and the haircuts you see in the movie were all over the place. Those were great times as we laughed a lot at their stupidity and general behavior.

So basically the writers/actors use that background and show us that kind of attitude and fashion is still alive in Maaskantje (the town were everything takes place). The actors behave like the Johnny's and Anita's back then, talking with an accent commonly used in that region. They are rebels, aggressive and lazy.

The story itself is about all of them losing their jobs and when the bills get too much and they also lose their social security money, they decide no longer to pay their bills. Of course it gets them into trouble and their aggressive behavior gets them even more deeply into trouble, up to the point were the authorities have to step in...

The movie looks good in all. Some stuff is funnier then other parts of the movie. Some cameo-appearances of (in)famous Dutch people. The actors are well know for their short video's from earlier New Kids and the Pulp Show and a lot of things will seem familiar looking at them and the movie.

I had a great laugh, it's an entertaining movie but don't have great expectations watching it. Over 1 million people went to the cinema to see this movie and it's a big hit in Germany too. The German translation is hilarious since the real actors dubbed it, not stopped by their lack of speaking German! It is no wonder this movie scores big time in Germany after movies like 'Manta Manta' and 'Manta the movie'...

ps don't watch this movie if you are a cop!