A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble. for me, "flodder" is one of the greatest dutch movie's ever made. me coming from an average home and not being part of the "high society", i really enjoyed this movie, because i could relate. i still at this time have something against people who think "they're sh*t doesn't stink" so i laugh my ass off watching it. to me the best car chase ever is still the part where johnny (Huub Stapel) chases the tennis players who beat up his brother, ultimately ending the chase with those stuck up tennis players landing in a swimming pool of one of the recendents. oh sure, films like the matrix reloaded and the island had cool effects in they're car chases, but it didn't make me jump to the edge of my seat. flodder did though, because i WANTED the porche to crash or at least lose the chase. i still think it's a classic, and i think it will always be.<br/><br/>i've read some Belgium remarks about this movie and by some i'm insulted, not because of the movie but for example:"wearing wooden shoes" and saying that this movie is "average" don't talk about dutch cinema like that. what good has Belgium contributed to cinema overall? nothing…. only hector (played by Urbanus) i really injoyed and further more you're movie's were not even worth mentioning. THANK YOU. "Flodder" is one of the funniest movies ever made and few people realise that it is a Dutch movie made by none other than the Holland version of John Carpenter, the famous Dick Maas, author and director of the thriller "Amsterdamned". The Flodder family is the reincarnation of the term a-social. When the whole family bunch, basically all bastards, criminals and sluts must be relocated from their City slum because of toxic waste under their house, the city council house no choice. The only available space is in the "Zoendal" - the "Sun Valley" the best area in Amsterdam where all doctors, snobs and businessmen can afford to live their lives. And where the central point of interest and politics is the tennis club of the community. The Flodder family brings devastation to the tranquil world that ruled before. They are simply unbelievable. The characterisation is incredibly funny, beginning with Ma Flodder who searches other people's trash cans for food or making illegal liquor in her cellar and ending with the eldest daughter who is the biggest slut on earth. Together they make the most horrible family imaginable, a sort of immoral mirror image to the Brady Bunch or the Waltons. When the City counsel of Amsterdam hoped that the Flodders would show their good will to be more civilised in their new area, it turns out that Holland's most famous family would rather bring out the worst in the rich people of "Sun Valley"-wonderland. The rest is a hilarious, brilliant and well made social satire that can be watched as a provocative movie as well as a straightforward comedy. Dick Maas at his best. I salute him! Flooder was the Dutch smash hit in 1986 and brought two sequels and a tv series. All of the sequels were nice but not as great as the original.<br/><br/>Flodders (1986) is available on DVD in Germany in a dubbed German version in Dolby Digital 5.1. under the name:<br/><br/>"Flodders -Eine Familie zum knutschen"<br/><br/>Why is First Floor Features, the producer of the movie not bringing the Dick Maas blockbusters out on DVD in the Netherlands, I wonder. The are not even available on video there. These movies have so much potential, still to this day and have a huge silent but true following.
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