Dutch Treat

Not entirely memorable, but this low-budget Cannon produced bubblegum slapstick 80s comedy was a mildly amusing treat. Two bumbling American friends Norm and Gerry end up in Holland, Amsterdam and they come across an all female rock group called the "Dolly Dots". Being rather impressed with them they tell them they are record company suites for Capitol records. Where they would offer them a deal, if they ever came to the US. Not thinking that would ever happen, the girls actually do turn up in L.A to take up that offer and now the guys are trying their best to make that happen despite their awkward predicament of not even working for the company. Lorin Dreyfuss and David Landsberg form a riotous pairing (one obnoxious the other frigid) with their constant bickering and comedy of errors to keep their little white lie going by staying one step ahead. I found the more entertaining aspects to be in the first half when it sets up in Amsterdam, than say when it hits L.A. Still fruity, but not as humorous. Adventures, banter and mishaps are strung together in this loose, but energy-filled narrative. Angela Groothuizen, Ria Brieffies, Patty Zomer, Esther Oosterbeek and Angela Kramers are lively as themselves the "Dolly Dots". Ronnie Schell is good fun as the clueless Capitol Record owner and Greta Blackburn makes a quick appearance. But the real star is the boom-microphone, as it does appear a lot and even steal some scenes. The trendy 80s tunes come thick and fast. It's ridiculous, pointless, boundless but harmless enjoyment.

"If you let me down. I'll break off both of your legs and shove them up your partner's ass".

this movie is the funniest movie ever since in my life along with detective school dropouts....these 2 movies are completely disappeared please somebody has to have it..somebody has to re-issue these marvelous pieces of humor...the best of the best in funny movies... i saw this movie in the eighties and beat me of laughing simply incredible movie. Also Detectvie School Dropouts is really funny both movies with the same cast actors these 2 guys were really funny such a pity that nobody paid attention to these two marvelous movies in humor and laugh.Please if someone has these 2 movies in VHS please get in contact with me i can pay very well for copies of these 2 movies.

I thought that the first movie to showcase Lorin Dreyfuss and David Landsberg - "Detective School Dropouts" - a production from Golan and Globus of Cannon Films, was a very funny comedy. So naturally I wanted to see the follow-up with the same actors, "Dutch Treat". However, for some unknown reason, it seems that Golan and Globus this time around didn't arrange for the movie to be released on home video in North America, so for years I wasn't able to track it down. But thanks to YouTube, I finally watched it today. In this follow-up, Dreyfuss and Landsberg continue to show they are a great team, showing a lot of chemistry and energy. Also, a lot of the energy in the movie is thanks to director Boaz Davidson. However, the script this time around is a disappointment. The narrative is clearly padded out considerably, and jumps around constantly. That probably wouldn't matter if the movie had been very funny, but unfortunately it isn't. Don't get me wrong, there ARE some big laughs here and there, but for the most part the humor is simple-minded, lame, and extremely predictable. While I am a big fan of Cannon Films, I have to admit that maybe it was for the best that this effort didn't get an official release on these shores. However, if you are a moviegoer who loves to play the game "How Many Times Can You Spot the Boom Mike?", you'll definitely find enough to make this worth a viewing.

This is a movie about a Dutch girl band, who want to try their luck in the USA. They're called the Dolly Dots, had several hits in the Netherlands and our way popular. This is the plot, but the actresses are really singers and together they form the Dolly Dots in real life, that is. They actually really try to make it in the USA, and the movie (really thin plot, predictable jokes) is supposed to boost their overseas career. The movie wasn't even well received in Holland (where the Dolly Dots were popular). I'm sorry (I used to be a big fan) but the movie and the soundtrack s*ck.

Totally daft 80's music caper that's only the good side of inaneness by the girl group, the Netherlands' Dolly Dots. The 2 male leads help the plot along daftly, but it's only when the girls come into the action that the film rises above mediocre. Their songs are obviously mid eighties excellence.