The Netherlands, a thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew McFadien, premiered for the first time in the southwestern film festival in early March. I was there for the second display of the festival and I had a great time, but I was obviously unusual: the film has a 23% critics rating of rotten tomatoes, a solid 37% below what was supposed to be freshly certified. When it was posted on the Prime Minister on March 27, the audience did not seem to want. It has a 24% audience rating on rotten tomatoes, as well as 5.0 out of 10 IMDB rating. The low rating is confusing to me because the "astronaut", What is the real worst movie at the festivalHe somehow beat him with his 45% result.

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Despite all this, Prime Minister Subscribers watch Video "The Netherlands" in rides. Currently it is #2 The most watched movie of the platform week, just behind the hit "Twist" on Hit 2024. Of all Amazon's original films on this week's platform, the Netherlands is most visible.

Why is it so popular? Maybe it's because everyone loves Nicole Kidman, who gives a wonderful performance here as a problematic and iousubopite housewife Nancy Wanderer. Or maybe it's because they love Matthew McFadien, who plays the strange secret and controlled husband of Nancy, Fred. The two actors bounce with each other really well here, with McFadien channeled part of that Weak, Tom Wambsgans's awkward energy That "succession" fans know and want it.

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I think the reason why the Netherlands is not loved by critics or the audience is that its premise is slightly omitted. It is a seemingly happy housewife in a seemingly perfect city that reveals that everything that has built life is a lie. We have saw this kind of story a million times beforeAnd while the Netherlands is different enough to stay fun, it is never different enough to emphasize this overwhelming streaming landscape. Does not help that The trailer Thrusted his hand a little too; I got into the movie with zero expectations, while anyone who saw the trailer could probably assume the big twist before the film began.

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The biggest thing that works against the Netherlands is the fact that, at least outside the SXSW festival, at least not released in theaters. It is shameful because this is a surprisingly funny movie. And, even when it's not funny, it still throws juicy twists and turns to you, designed to get a sound reaction to the audience. Part of why I enjoyed the movie so much because I watched it with a crowd full of people waiting for more than an hour just to get in, laughing at every joke and weeping every plot.

It is difficult to overcome how much the better some movies can look when audiences treat it as an event, rather than something that can accidentally include them in their living room. "Glass onion", for example, seemed to have received stronger admission to the audience during that A short window where you played in cinema in late 2022. When it was eventually released on Netflix, the audience seemed less impressed, more or less ready to engage in the work at a deeper level. I don't think the Netherlands would ever be a huge critical/success of the audience in cinemas, but there is a good chance of having a lot more buzz than it is now. However, becoming the highest movie #2 of the premiere video is certainly not bad.

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