September 22, 2009
Funny and liberal. You don't wonder why this was awarded best foreign film.
Marleen Gorris, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Veerle van Overloop
A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
DVD Release Date: October 12, 1999
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May 12, 2009A grandmother on her deathbed prompts the return of her daughter and grand-daughter. This dutch town is equivilant to some inbread, backwoods, redneck town in Arkansas, which doesn't explain why she stays and settles down there. The movie continues through two more generations of...( read more)
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October 4, 2008I saw this many years ago with my mom when we used to sneak into the free weekly movie showings at the local senior citizen center. I don't remember much of it at all, but it made such an impression on me that even after all these years I list it as one of my favorite movies. Whi...( read more)
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September 4, 2008saw it (1995). liked it. liked girl power. liked intergenerational history. don't know that it needs to be seen. most movie-watching is a vile waste of life.
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August 30, 2008I think the other viewers got it wrong when they said the movie suggested "who needs men?". This movie contains every kind of relationship combination imaginable-- the message was anybody can find love. People also have children under all sorts of circumstances in this movie. The...( read more)
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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