This film builds on the personality of the main actor, who enjoyed success with a series of funny sketches set in a fast food restaurant in which he plays several ethnic characters. It was always going to be a challenge to extend short sketches into a feature-length plot.
The humor is based on very over the top, some might say offensive, stereotyping applied to most of the characters in the story. It is also pretty specific to the situation of Carribean immigrants in the Netherlands; Non-Dutch viewers might not get all references and consider it decidedly unfunny.
On the upside, the main actor in the story is quite charming (in the protagonist role; not so much in the other four roles he plays). The island of Curacao (and its capital Willemstad) are colourfully featured at the start. It is also refreshing that the scenes in the Netherlands are not set in Amsterdam, as always, but in the city of Rotterdam with its more diverse architecture.
All in all a mixed bag.
Plot summary
Robertico is forced to pay 200.000 gulden in damages due to a dodgy dealing. He pretends to be a business man to obtain an investment from the rich Ken Maduro. Until he falls in love with Ken's daughter.
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July 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM
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Charm only goes so far
Regular... Weak...
Boring, I liked the protagonist, talented, playing countless characters, all exaggeratedly comical, it reminds me a lot of Eddie Murphy, but the style doesn't please me, worn script, it serves as a little entertainment, when there is no commitment to pay attention to the film itself...
Okay, if you know the characters from the series FC Kip
Having watched the sketches of FC Kip in the past years I hoped the movie would have the funny characters and dialogue. Even though the characters were represented, the story was lame and the jokes mediocre at best. If you don't know the characters or understand Dutch, you will have no connection to the movie at all. Nice attempt from Jandino to make a movie based on the success of his series/sketches FC Kip. Sketches that I enjoyed a lot. Perhaps the sketches work as they are short and the stories can pack a punch and deliver. It was nice, but nothing more than that. And that is due to the fact that I know the series FC Kip and the characters. Give it a try, you might enjoy it.