- Actors: Sylvia Poorta, Anneke Blok, Monic Hendrickx, Jacob Derwig, Halina Reijn
- Directors: Paula van der Oest
- Writers: Paula van der Oest
- Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: Dutch
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: May 25 2004
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0000950W1
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#53,230 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #17 in DVD > Art House & International > By Original Language > Dutch
- #26 in DVD > Art House & International > By Country > Netherlands
- #73 in DVD > Gay & Lesbian > Comedy
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Like a Dutch version of Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters, Zus & Zo explores the messy lives of three frustrated sisters. While Sonja struggles with her writing career, her husband Hugo is having an affair with her artist sister Wanda, and their sister Michelle raises a brood of adopted children. When their brother Nino announces that he's getting married, the sisters are stunned--not only did they think he was gay, but the marriage means that he'll inherit a seaside hotel in Portugal that each sister believes is rightly hers. The sisters scheme to disrupt the marriage, unaware that it may already be collapsing. The characters of Zus & Zo are not the most likable lot, but that's the movie's strength; it looks unblinkingly, but with forgiveness and humor, at some very difficult personalities. The wealth of dysfunction on display ensures that you'll identify with someone. --Bret Fetzer
Video Details
Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film, Zus & Zo follows three sisters as they attempt to sabotage their gay brother’s upcoming wedding so he does not inherit the treasured family resort. 16x9 letterbox 5.1 mix, trailer
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Oscar nominated relationship drama...,
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This review is from: Zus & Zo (DVD)
Three sisters are in a predicament about their beloved gay brother, Nino, who has decided to marry a woman. Nino has also decided to sell the family hotel Paraiso which is located in Portugal, and this upsets the sisters as it is a haven of family memories. The marriage is planned to take place within three weeks at the family hotel, which gives the sisters a very limited time to find a way to sabotage the wedding as they want to keep the hotel in family. In the quest for sabotaging the marriage the sister's own relationships undergo revelations. Zus & Zo is a fun drama that offers both entertainment and thought, which in the end provides a good cinematic experience.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertainingly Quiet,
By "homeyjsimpson" (Overland Park, KS USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Zus & Zo (DVD)
While Zus & Zo is not a movie that will make you laugh out loud or cause a downfall of tears it is a mildly touching and quietly entertaining portrait of life. It is an interesting and at times smirk-inspiring film, but with an all-to-tight ending that leaves too many questions about the future. The acting is fine and the cinematography is unobtrusive, but the emotional connections are few and far between. Once you begin to identify with a character, they are ripped away from you by an evil act, or quick phrase that turns your stomach. A beautiful montage, a great song over the closing credits (Sarah Bettens' "Someone to Say Hi To") are not enough to lift this movie to the heights of top ten lists for the year. This Acadamy Award Nominee, deserves a look, but for most one will be enough. My advise: Rent before you Buy.
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3.4 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertainingly Quiet,
By "homeyjsimpson" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Zus & Zo (DVD)
While Zus & Zo is not a movie that will make you laugh out loud or cause a downfall of tears it is a mildly touching and quietly entertaining portrait of life. It is an interesting and at times smirk-inspiring film, but with an all-to-tight ending that leaves too many questions about the future. The acting is fine and the cinematography is unobtrusive, but the emotional connections are few and far between. Once you begin to identify with a character, they are ripped away from you by an evil act, or quick phrase that turns your stomach. A beautiful montage, a great song over the closing credits (Sarah Bettens' "Someone to Say Hi To") are not enough to lift this movie to the heights of top ten lists for the year. This Acadamy Award Nominee, deserves a look, but for most one will be enough. My advise: Rent before you Buy.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
not great by any stretch of the imagination,
By EriKa "E" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Zus & Zo (DVD)
Back when I was considering a move to Holland or Belgium and was immersing myself in the Dutch language, I got my hands on this film, hoping for the best. Generally, I have enjoyed Dutch cinema, so this was actually quite disappointing. It is not that this was a terrible film; the story was actually fairly interesting. A group of busy, very different sisters conspire to sabotage their brother's upcoming nuptials in order to safeguard a family property (he will inherit it if he marries). Having believed for years that the property was safe (because the brother was widely perceived to be gay) the sisters are shocked and band together, despite their very obvious and frequent differences. Overall not a one of the characters here is very likeable, and though I applaud films that take a candid look at real people with real personalities (likeable or not), this one just rubbed me the wrong way. It's watchable but not great by any means.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Typical European sex comedy,
By Frieslander - Published on Amazon.com
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Halina Reijn is a wonderful actress, so I bought the film. However this movie genre is not my favorite. I didn't find the movie particularly funny, nor scandalous. I would watch the movie again though.
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