De zeemeerman

Many people in Holland don't like this movie. But i found it a funny film that offers a lot of interesting scenes.

The story is not realistic and that is something that i like most about the film. Not many Dutch films are fantasy films, this is one of the few that present a fairy tale sort of story.

Most of the special digital effects are amazingly good for the time they were made.

What i liked best was the musical score. This is very good! As well as the set decoration.

Not so good: the acting of some of the minor roles in the film.

If I hadn't been the projectionist, I would have walked away! This film is absolutely the most horrible film ever made in the history of Dutch film making. The so-called special effects are prehistoric and the acting is overtly bad. If you are planning to rent this film; please do not think of it as an example of Dutch craftsmanship, but think of it as a very ill attempt to create a Disney-like fantasy movie.

I bought the Dutch DVD which contains only Dutch audio and no subtitles (my Dutch isn't the best though).

I don't think the film is that bad. It has very funny moments, the actors are all above average and even the few f/x are really nice to see.

The story of the film is at times somewhat strange, indeed, but however the film has its funny highlights. I really saw films which were much more worse.

Conclusion: "De Zeemeerman" is a nice Dutch movie with great actors and it is not that bad as many people say.

PS: I also like the soundtrack - especially the title theme!

The film has been credited "the worst dutch film of the 20th century" by weekly magazine "Nieuwe Revu", but unfortunately it is not:-). Far more crappy movies were made in Holland.

The film was launched as an effort to compete with Hollywoods digital special effect makers, but it contains only a few effects when the main character of the film (Tony) becomes invisible. These visual effects are quite good, but nothing very special.

The strong visual appearance of leading character Daniel Boissevain and good acting of other leads Gonny Gakeer and Frans van Deursen make the film worth to see. If you can, because after a short release it was never seen again.

De Zeemeerman is by far the worst picture I've seen this year, and certainly one of the crappiest movies I have ever seen. There are a lot of horrid films where you can laugh at how funny and bad they are, but unfortunately this isn't one of them. Director Frank Herrebout and producer Rob Houwer should be ashamed of making this movie. De Zeemeerman has an extremely poor script, terrible special effects and the most appalling acting I've seen in years. This piece of trash might even take on Honneponnetje for the title of worst Dutch movie in history.

Even if you like bad movies, don't bother with this one. There are millions of better ways to spend almost two hours of your life than this. Go see Plan 9 from Outer Space, or Howard the Duck, or even Battlefield Earth, but don't waste your time on this abominable piece of rubbish.