Although this is considered to be the first big Dutch romantic comedy, the movie was universally panned by Dutch critics, which strongly affected the mood at the premiere. Producer Joop van den Ende didn't attend because he believed the film would bomb. Director Johan Nijenhuis got severely depressed, and was worried that he would never make another movie. This turned out to be premature, since the movie turned out a box office success, making Nijenhuis one of the Netherlands' most prolific filmmakers and the 'romcom' the most popular Dutch movie genre in the next decades.
Of all the actors who played proppers, Katja Schuurman was the only one who was a trained dancer in real life.
Director Johan Nijenhuis' previous experience was with soap operas, so the scope of his first feature film was daunting. He quickly learned that the constant sea wind was very disruptive, as the actors couldn't hear each other, and there weren't enough crew members to cue them. The inexperienced crew also had difficulties to keep bystanders out of the shots, which slowed down the pace of filming. Near the end of the two-month shoot, exhaustion and home-sickness started to kick in, which didn't improve the mood on the set. To make matters worse, the walkie-talkies they used already broke down after three weeks, and Georgina Verbaan got an eye infection on the second day of shooting.
Originally, the movie focused more on Rens (Daan Schuurmans). However, director of photography Maarten van Keller noted Georgina Verbaan's charisma, and shot additional close-ups of her, telling director Johan Nijenhuis that he would thank him during editing. Indeed, Nijenhuis noted that the film didn't start coming to life until he used extra shots of Verbaan, which added a welcome Cinderella story to the movie and greatly expanded her role. This also led to a new introduction scene for her as her group leaves the Netherlands. Another scene that was added was the one where Rens tells about his winter job as a window cleaner, to make him less slick and more likable.
With 673,470 tickets sold in The Netherlands, this was the first Dutch non-children's film in years that had a successful run in theaters.