Why you want to see April, May and June in theaters today

If you ask me, Dutch cinema has made significant strides, no: leaps in recent years. Gone are the days when we watched Full Moon en masse, wanting to mute the sound due to the particularly poor Twente accents and that as the only plus point Michiel Huisman had (who then immediately fled our country). I checked our latest acquisition for you yesterday.

Now it seems everything Linda de Mol touches turns to gold, but her latest film April, May and June I find since yesterday the recommendation. And I was skeptical at first, because the name is not really my cup of tea. But, say Elise Schaap and a Tjitske Reidinga and I'm sold. A girlfriend agreed and we said afterwards: ‘What an emotional rollercoaster.’ We didn't say it too seriously, but it was true. Not a sales pitch, but this film has quite a lot. Laughing, crying, dry jokes, bad jokes, unexpected twists and even a hint of incest. Incest? Oh yes. I nudged my friend during the film and said: ‘No, are they really going to take this route…?’ Oh Linda, you totally did go down that route.

The story is dramatic and I think I've never seen such a dysfunctional family together, but that's what fiction is for, of course. Still quite recognizable on many points, a June (Tjitske Reidinga) who is completely overstressed running a family, or attempting to do so, a May (Elise Schaap) who has no steady job or steady partner and keeps falling into the arms of occupied men. ‘I can't help it, it just happens to me.’ I feel you, May. And finally April (Linda de Mol) who is cast aside by her American husband for a specimen half his age. The cliché of clichés.

A negative point then? My bucket of popcorn was already gone after half an hour, but that's more my fault. Furthermore, this is a really nice film to go watch with your girlfriends. Go.

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