Nova Zembla Reviews

You probably have never heard of him but Reinout Oerlemans is a big success story in the Netherlands. Indeed, he started as an actor in the biggest Dutch soap-opera, then he became a TV personality but, at some point, he decided to become a TV producer and that’s where he became really successful. Indeed, apparently, he is nowadays one of the richest men in the Netherlands and you think it would be enough but, no, he also decided to be a movie director as well. His debut was the smashing success ‘Komt een vrouw bij de dokter’ so with this follow-up, he went for an even more ambitious project, the first Dutch 3D movie. Honestly, you wonder why it was made in 3D since it was a period piece, anyway, even though it was again quite successful at the box-office, it wasn't very well received and I tend to agree. I mean, Oerlemans is a smart man but this project was just way out of his league. It was indeed an interesting story but it is quite a challenge to make a journey boat exciting and, therefore, they added a whole bunch of underwhelming sub-plots. It is also quite pathetic how they added as many scenes as possible with Doutzen Kroes (yeah, the famous supermodel) with a big focus on her mighty breasts. To conclude, even thought it is a failure, it is still an intriguing adventure though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies.