Pietje Bell Reviews

Ever since I moved to the Netherlands, I have watched many Dutch movies but, after almost 10 years, honestly, I came to the conclusion that the Dutch movie industry is not really interesting and rather limited. I mean, there are some good Dutch productions but not many I’m afraid and the thing that disappoints me the most is the lack of ambition with those flicks. Still, some of them are actually pretty popular and those are the family productions. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have really to do with their quality but more with the fact that, except for the animated features, the other foreign movie are always released in the original language which is a good thing but for young kids, it means that they can’t watch any foreign movies until they actually can read the subtitles. In this context, the Dutch family features do some good business at the box-office and that’s why this movie was quite successful, they eventually even released a sequel. Personally, I really didn’t like this flick and the sequel was just as tedious to watch. I mean, my kids did like it but like I said before, it is not as if they have been able to watch all the family classics at that point. To conclude, even though the whole thing was pretty harmless, it was still pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look.