Zus & Zo

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.[1]

Zus & Zo
Directed byPaula van der Oest
Screenplay byPaula van der Oest
Produced byJacqueline de Goeij
StarringMonic Hendrickx
Anneke Blok
Sylvia Poorta
Jacob Derwig
Halina Reijn
CinematographyBert Pot
Edited bySander Vos
Music byFons Merkies
Distributed byLifesize Entertainment (USA)
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

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.[2]

Cast

Reception

Zus & Zo has an approval rating of 40% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10.[3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

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".[5] "a complicated confection" and "Convoluted plot aside, universally understandable", said Eddie Cockrell of Variety.[6]

References
  1. Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo (Editors) Women Screenwriters: An International Guide, p. 403, at Google Books
  2. "Zus & Zo Release Date: February 7, 2003 Limited release". boxofficeprophets.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. "Hotel Paraiso". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. "Zus & zo". Metacritic.
  5. Scott, A.O. (7 February 2003). "FILM REVIEW; Keeping Brother a Bachelor Becomes a Family Project". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. Cockrell, Eddie (12 October 2001). "Zus & Zo". Variety. Retrieved 2 June 2018.


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