Flodder (1986)

Directed by

Dick Maas

Genre

comedy film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dysfunctional family from a poor background moves to a wealthy neighborhood as part of a social experiment. They refuse to change their ways and cause chaos.

chaoticirreverentraucoussatiricalfunnypolitically incorrectunpretentious

What happens

Flodder is a 1986 Dutch comedy film written and directed by Dick Maas, and produced by First Floor Features. It is the first film in the Flodder franchise and is followed by two more films and a spin-off series. The film follows an anti-social, dysfunctional family who move to an affluent, upper-class neighbourhood as part of a social experiment which results in mayhem as the Flodder family refuses to adapt. Flodder's broad humour and politically incorrect satire ridiculing the Dutch welfare state resulted in mixed reviews, but was the most popular Dutch film of the year and one of the top 10 of all time with 2.3 million admissions. It still attracts a cult following, and in 2007 it was admitted to the Canon van de Nederlandse Film. Flodder is also a Dutch word meaning blank cartridge, a referral to the Flodders looking dangerous and being noisy, despite being rather harmless. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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