Bride Flight

Bride Flight (2011)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (39 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (1,135 ratings)

A forbidden love, an impossible choice, a secret pact. Eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere of post-war Holland, Dutch beauties Marjorie, Ada and Esther meet each other on the immigration flight to New Zealand, en route to join their future husbands, who are already settled… More

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R, 2 hr. 10 min.
Directed By
Ben Sombogaart
Written By
Marieke van der Pol
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Classics
In Theaters
Jun 10, 2011 Limited
On DVD
Sep 20, 2011
Music Box Films

Critic Reviews

  • Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader

    Smug and unconvincing, this 2008 period drama from the Netherlands is the sort of movie that defines an era solely by its prejudices, on the implicit assumption that we'll applaud the central characters for their modern attitudes.

  • Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

    This very pretty melodrama is a rather ordinary entry.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    The events in the plot are the stuff of soap opera, but the movie treats it seriously, and the acting is convincing enough that we forgive the story and begin to care about the characters.

  • Stephanie Merry, Washington Post

    Lovely scenery and historical context elevate the sentimental story lines above the soap opera domain.

  • Mark Feeney, Boston Globe

    "Bride Flight'' is the sort of old-fashioned women's picture they stopped making around the time Christina Crawford had to put away the wire hangers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mark A


    This was little more than a melodramatic romance novel brought to film, but one that was well told and interestingly presented. The characters were well drawn and their back stories satisfactorily filled in. The three pairs of actors portraying the women were excellently matched, the… More

  • Walter M


    In 2008, Frank(Rutger Hauer) has a fatal heart attack after inspecting his vineyards. In 1953, Frank(Waldemar Torenstra) is a passenger on a flight of emigres to Christchurch, New Zealand that is also competing in an air race. Esther(Anna Drijver), one of the passengers and a… More

  • Hal M


    Well made, epic chick-flick. I can't recommend it to men's men but if you hang in there your woman will appreciate it. Also there's a lingering full-frontal nude shot of actress Karina Smulders. Not bad. Not bad at all! (almost said "Smulder smoulders!" But… More

  • Daisy M


    I must admit that Dutch Cinema has improved during these last years, and with Bride Flight they proved it again.It was a beautiful movie that showed the life of 4 people, and the connections between them since they met on a plane for a new start in New Zealand. It was a romantic drama… More

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