An average movie

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. For example, this animated feature is a huge classic in the Netherlands, as a matter of fact, it was the Netherlands' first full-length animated film. Apparently, most of the Dutch people love it out of sheer nostalgia but the whole thing is not really good I’m afraid. I mean, honestly, the animation was really weak (don’t try to compare it to the old Disney classics….) and the story was seriously rather lame. I don’t know, even though I have been living in the Netherlands for almost a decade, I was actually born in France and when I was young, I used to watch countless times the full-length animated films starring Astérix and Lucky Luke and even though those I have grown a little bit old, they are still really awesome and much better than this bore fest. I guess that the Dutch have literally no other animated feature dealing with their culture which might explain why this movie ends up being so much loved. Anyway, in my opinion, it is a rather weak animated flick and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10