Schatjes! (1984)
Directed by Ruud Van Hemert
Genres - Comedy |
Release Date - Feb 8, 1984 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - Netherlands |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Eleanor Mannikka
In one action-filled segment after another, this spoof of Hollywood exaggeration, rebellious teenagers, military machos, and domineering parents mimics some well-known characters and scenes from American movies, and pits a family's brood of kids against the Dutch army. In the constant battle with their parents, the son blows up their bedroom, and the daughter fights it out with her mother over a new boyfriend (they both want him). The father is a helicopter pilot from the nearby military base and as his children's activities escalate into setting up barbed wire around the house, the military gathers its forces for an attack. While a kind of uncontrollable anarchy pervades each step in the story, this fast-paced spoof does not have a definitive plot to hold everything together, and nor any noticeable character development - though for some viewers, the incongruous scenes would be entertaining enough by themselves.
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anarchy, boyfriend, domination [influence], fight, generation-gap, military, pilot, rampage, teenagers