Dutch Girls
by Giles Foster
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Actor: Bill Paterson, Colin Firth, Daniel Chatto, James Wilby, Timothy SpallDirector: Giles Foster
Brand: Henstooth Video
Cinematographer: Roger Pratt
Editor: Jon Costelloe
Producer: Nick Elliott
Producer: Sue Birtwistle
Writer: William Boyd
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Henstooth Video
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DVD Review: Early work of Firth & Wilby
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a cute little movie about a hockey team from a British boys school on a road trip to Amsterdam. The pompous coach dreams of glory for the school, but the boys just dream of meeting Dutch girls. This movie is of interest not for the story, but for who is in it. It's the early work of Colin Firth and James Wilby. Firth, of course, went on to hearthrob status as Mr. Darcy. Wilby has made a wonderful career out of starring in high tone Merchant Ivory films like Maurice and brilliant Masterpiece Theater works such as A Tale of Two Cities and Island at War. Though Firth's become the superstar, it's Wilby who shows more potential in this movie, as he attracts your eye in every scene he is in.
Firth plays Neil Truelove, a sensitive, brooding teen. He spends most of the movie making sad eyes at the camera, and he was really a painfully pretty young man. Wilby plays Philip Dundine, Truelove's best mate. Despite being tall and gorgeous, and more outgoing and confident, he's not having any better luck with the Dutch girls than Truelove is. A third boy is Lyndon, a pig of a lad who romps around in bikini underwear, despite having a body we certainly don't want to see in bikini underwear. He's the houseguest from Hell to his Dutch host family as he gets drunk and throws up on the carpet, throws food around, brings a bimbo home to have sex with her in the living room, and never flushes the toilet.
Although these fellows are supposed to be schoolboys in their teens, they can't quite pull that off. Firth is still boyishly slender and has a baby face, but still doesn't look like a teenager. Wilby, despite a teen haircut, has a man's body. The actor playing Lyndon looks like he's about thirty.
One bit of trivia. The captain of the team is played by Daniel Chatto, who later married the Duke of Kent's daughter, which makes him a fringe member of the British royal family.
Though this isn't a great film, it is interesting enough to entertain a viewer, though it probably won't go on anybody's top ten list. Just a pleasant little bit of fluff made more interesting by the presence of Firth and Wilby.
Description of Dutch Girls
DUTCH GIRLS is a raucous yet touching comedy about the antics of a group of 18-year-old prep school boys on a hockey trip to Amsterdam. Competition among the boys is keen to be chosen for the Strathdonald school hockey squad. Coach Mole is gratified at the sudden interest so many boys are showing in the team. He envisions resounding success on the hockey field with time to spare in the art galleries and museums of the colorful city. But as they hit town, sports and culture are the last things on these lads? minds. Colin Firth stars as Neil Truelove, a particularly shy and sensitive young player who?s determined to have a fling with a Dutch girl. Co-stars Bill Paterson, Timothy Spall and James Wilby. Produced by Sue Birtwistle (Pride and Prejudice). Presented in Original Full Frame Format (1.33:1)Bestsellers in DVD
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