Do Not Disturb Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Dick Maas, I thought I might as well check it out. You probably have never heard of Dick Maas but he is actually, after Paul Verhoeven, the most successful Dutch director, at least, according to the box-office. This movie was quite interesting since Maas was working for the first time with some US actors (William Hurt, Jennifer Tilly, Denis Leary, Michael Chiklis) even if the action was still taking place in Amsterdam. By the way, it was rather disappointing that, even though Dick Maas was/is a major Dutch director and even though the action was taking place in Amsterdam, none of the locals were speaking at all Dutch with each other. Anyway, even if the damned thing was not as disappointing as Maas’s recent output was, I didn't care much for it, I’m afraid. It’s too bad because the concept actually had some potential. Indeed, the idea of a mute girl always telling some far-fetched stories suddenly witnessing a murder was actually pretty neat. I also liked the idea that the whole thing was taking place during their first night in Amsterdam and there was a really wild and actually well-made chase towards the end. Unfortunately, not only the whole thing looked really cheap but it was above all so poorly written. First of all, William Hurt and Jennifer Tilly were both completely wasted with some rather half-baked characters. Furthermore, beyond the fact that the jokes were constantly lousy, the script was just so lazy. For example, sure, this little girl might bump into a murder in the seedy streets of Amsterdam, why not? However, it was just so far-fetched that the victim was in fact the very same guy that her father was supposed to meet a couple of hours later on. Anyway, to conclude, even if I have seen worse from this director, it was still pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look.