Jenna Walter
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Juana
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
susannetilburg
**Warning: Lots of spoilers** This movie is one of the worst I have seen in a while. The 3D-effects are barely worth it (you can actually watch a lot of this movie without the glasses). The best effect is Doutzen on a swing, for just a few seconds. There's some missed chances there. I'd have liked to see a 3D-polar bear or something. What also p*ssed me off, is that the story has flaws. It's got gaps that are not explained. The clothing does not fit the setting (example: there's people sleeping in the snow with just normal clothes on). Besides, the editing is a bit off from time to time. Visually, there's some stuff that just doesn't work for me. All and all, this was a sheer waste of money and time. :)
TomvanWoerkom
Firstable I thought this will be a typical dutch movie when I ordered a ticket to watch this movie with a load sex etc in it.When I start watching it in the cinema, it became clearly that it's an different style of movie. It was clearly about our own history and nothing more, but be aware that you know something about our history to know what's happening about it. Even there aren't big acting stars in it, but that's making the movie more realistic and of course it's an tribute to those heroes which have been trying it to reach the far east via the north of Nova Zembla (the first ship who was able to was invented in 1932 by an Russian ship)It's absolutely worth to watch.
senfre
With this movie I got very ashamed to be a Dutch citizen. I've never seen such a terrible Dutch movie before. Doutzen is certainly not an actress. If I wanted to look at a supermodel I would go to the website of Victoria Secret. Also Robert de Hoog (known from TV-commercials) couldn't live up to the expectations. Furthermore do I own a 3D TV, and I think the special effects aren't that special. They say the movie costed about 7 million euro's. I doubt that very much. It's sad to say but I think this movie is another moneymaker to the producers. It is based on one of the oldest stories from Holland but it is told very bad and as thin as paper. Combine an awful cast and there it is, another terrible Dutch production not worth seeing.
rotim24
A terrible movie. The first Dutch 3D movie is a big disaster. It's overrated, the movie is to slow and the storyline to thin. The actors are below average especially Doutzen Kroes. She's not a actress, just a beautiful model. The beginning of the movie is hopeful but after 20 minutes it's over. The 3D effects are not that good. You must use these kind of effects in movie with a spectacular storyline. This movie is to boring and there is not one moment where you can say "wow". I know it's very difficult the tell something about the rich history of Holland but I'm not sure if that is what the director wanted. He just wanted to make the first Dutch 3D movie, that's it. Overall......stay at home and maybe you consider a DVD rent in a couple of months.
