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Zus & Zo
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Wikipedia article
'Zus & Zo' is a 2001 Dutch film directed by Paula van der Oest. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo (Editors)
Plot
The film deals with three sisters stopping their gay brother's new bride from inheriting the family hotel. They use various comedic methods to stop the wedding.
Cast
* Monic Hendrickx - Sonja
* Anneke Blok - Wanda
* - Michelle
* Jacob Derwig - Nino
* Halina Reijn - Bo
* - Hugo
* - Jan
* Annet Nieuwenhuyzen - Moeder
* - Felix Delicious
* - Dorien
Reception
'Zus & Zo' has an approval rating of 42% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 19 reviews, and an average rating of 4.93/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
A. O. Scott of 'The New York Times' in 2003, said the acting, especially by the actresses playing the three sisters, "was unassuming and precise". But the film suffers from being "inadvertently, a little misogynistic".
"a complicated confection" and "Convoluted plot aside, universally understandable", said Eddie Cockrell of 'Variety'.
References
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