An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much from the damned thing but, since I have a weak spot for Lieke van Lexmond, I thought I might as well check it out. Unfortunately, it turned out to be another lame Dutch romantic-comedies from Johan Nijenhuis and I really struggled to care about the damned thing. Basically, ever since ‘Love Actually’ ever came out, the Dutch film industry has kept releasing some cheap knock-offs like this year but it has been 20 years since the classic British rom-com was released, it would be nice if they would finally move on at some point. Above all, it is such a lazy way to write romantic-comedies. Indeed, as a result, you get a whole bunch of half-baked sub-plots instead of one solid plot. In this case, it was actually too bad because most of the characters were actually not so bad at all as there was something genuine about them and I wouldn’t have mind spending a whole movie focusing on one of these stories. Furthermore, I have to admit that the cast was surprisingly solid and the different struggles they faced linking to having a baby were all actually fairly interesting and/or entertaining. However, since we kept jumping from one character to the other, none of these stories was developed properly and, therefore, they were all underwhelming. Finally, just like in ‘Rokjesdag’, it was just ridiculous that Johan Nijenhuis tried to convince us that a gorgeous woman like Lieke van Lexmond would even struggle to find a guy to start a family. On top of that, the poster for this movie didn’t portray at all what the main character actually felt about getting pregnant. Anyway, to conclude, it was pretty weak and I don’t think it is worth a look, except maybe if you really like the genre. 

5/10