An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting much from this flick but, since it was starring Jennifer Hoffman, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it wasn’t the worst one I have seen, it still turned out to be a rather lame Dutch comedy, I’m afraid. Of course, the whole concept was really generic and predictable but a bigger issue was that, right from the very first scene, the main character was such a pathetic annoying loser. And, yet, the cast was actually not bad at all and it was interesting what they managed to do with this rather weak material. Unfortunately, they were not helped by the approach which was chosen. Indeed, the characters, especially the father/husband, were constantly going one step forward, two step backwards, which was obvious and, above all, so frustrating. Obviously, it was a real dick move from his wife to drop at the beginning of the holidays that she wanted to get a separation (indeed, why not wait until they were back home?) but it took him forever to finally make an effort and, when he finally did, he usually did something pretty awful just after. At least, it was refreshing that the wife didn’t end up in bed with some other guy and that, at the end, it seemed that they would still break up after all. That’s the thing, even though on the surface, it was just another cheap disappointing Dutch comedy, there was actually something genuine about the characters and what they were going through. At least, Jennifer Hoffman still looked really lovely and super charismatic but I wish she could get involved in some more interesting projects to really unlock her full potential. Anyway, to conclude, even if I have seen worse, it was still pretty weak and you should probably avoid it, except maybe if you really like the genre. 

5/10