A fun little caper that reminded me of the work of Alexander MacKendrick. Bert Haanstra is capable of putting together an entertaining script and exercises a wonderful direction, even if the story itself isn't that much interesting or in- or aspiring.
The cast, a long list of Dutch (and Belgian probably, but I can't say I'm familiar with them) famous actors, does the rest. Albert Mol plays the rather perfect pushover who desires to impress his father-in-law to be. He comes up with a simple, yet daring plan to steal the legendary statue of Manneken Pis (=M.P.), only to be able to return it and come out a hero to his father-in-law to be (who, not quite coincidentally, is the patron of the statue), and many (mainly silly) complications ensue, involving even the rivalry with Holland and another statue, that of the fictional Dutch boy Hans Brinker.
Thoroughly enjoyable, though certainly not as good as MacKendrick's work (although direction and photography are really good) I must add.
A big 7 out of 10.
The cast, a long list of Dutch (and Belgian probably, but I can't say I'm familiar with them) famous actors, does the rest. Albert Mol plays the rather perfect pushover who desires to impress his father-in-law to be. He comes up with a simple, yet daring plan to steal the legendary statue of Manneken Pis (=M.P.), only to be able to return it and come out a hero to his father-in-law to be (who, not quite coincidentally, is the patron of the statue), and many (mainly silly) complications ensue, involving even the rivalry with Holland and another statue, that of the fictional Dutch boy Hans Brinker.
Thoroughly enjoyable, though certainly not as good as MacKendrick's work (although direction and photography are really good) I must add.
A big 7 out of 10.