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Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2004)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:9

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.8/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Sep 3, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: A fantasy musical recounting the adventures of Nurse Klivia and the residents of her somewhat unusual Rest Home. Their nasty landlord and next-door neighbour Mr Boordevol is eager to have them all... A fantasy musical recounting the adventures of Nurse Klivia and the residents of her somewhat unusual Rest Home. Their nasty landlord and next-door neighbour Mr Boordevol is eager to have them all evicted so that he can repossess the property. When the Home’s resident “crazy inventor”, The Engineer, causes yet another explosion, Bourdevol drags them before the local magistrate, but is once again foiled. Pretty Jet encounters Gerrit, a charming young orphan with a compulsion to burgle. Nurse Klivia accepts him as a resident, on condition that he tries to conquer his larcenous obsession and go straight. The Home also acquires a new neighbour, the hairdresser Wouter, who seems to have some mysterious connection with Mr Boordevol’s past which makes both men uneasy. The Engineer tries out on Boordevol his new pill designed to make nasty people nice, but the effect turns out to be short-lasting, and Boordevol is left more vindictive than ever. One night, Boordevol’s house is burgled, and suspicion instantly falls on Gerrit, giving Boordevol a foolproof excuse to demand that the Home be closed down. When Gerrit is proved innocent, things look even worse, since Nurse Klivia herself now becomes prime suspect. But miracles can happen. Thanks to the influence of hairdresser Wouter and the reactions of the neighbours, Boordevol has a surprising change of heart. -- © Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Loes Luca, Paul Kooij, Paul de Leeuw

Starring: Loes Luca, Paul Kooij, Paul de Leeuw

Director: Pieter Kramer

Director: Pieter Kramer
Studio: Regent Releasing

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  • For fans of Chicago, Down with Love, and Moulin Rouge!
  • The kookiest, most original musical comedy ever! Nurse Klivia runs a rest home for slightly wayward tenants. Their nasty landlord schemes to evict them monthly, but has a change of heart when a cheerful fellow from his past opens up a hairdresser's salon across the street . . . Based on a classic Dutch TV show! 104 min. Dutch w/subtitles.
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    Reviews for Yes Nurse! No Nurse!

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    01/15/05
    Christopher Null
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    Filmcritic.com

    Sweet and innocent to a fault, the wild tangents the movie takes us on ultimately feel strange for the sake of being strange

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    12/28/04
    Christopher Null
    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    Yes Nurse, No Nurse is fun -- if you get into its groove.

    Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
    10/29/04
    Marta Barber
    Marta Barber
    Miami Herald

    A campy, brightly colored musical comedy based on a popular '60s Dutch sitcom that's unlike any other film out there.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    10/29/04
    Lou Lumenick
    Lou Lumenick
    New York Post
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    This nonsensical Dutch movie musical rides on the dubious assumption that camp and infantilism are the same thing.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    10/28/04
    Stephen Holden
    Stephen Holden
    New York Times
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    Styles range from cabaret to barbershop to toe-tapping bubblegum, and the rainy-day serenade at the start nods Cherbourgward, with a soupçon of Low Countries sass.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    10/26/04
    Ed Park
    Ed Park
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    Harmless, colorful fluff with community-theater production values.

    Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
    10/22/04
    E! Online

    Director Pieter Kramer successfully reproduces the bright colors and cheerful ambiance of musical comedies of the 1950s and '60s.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    10/08/04
    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    At once corny and precious, its humor seems too heavily ethnic to travel well.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    10/08/04
    Kevin Thomas
    Kevin Thomas
    Los Angeles Times
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    This cranky non-Dutchman came to wish the director had cut a couple of tunes: A little of this goes a long way.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    10/07/04
    Chuck Wilson
    Chuck Wilson
    L.A. Weekly

    Maintains a likable, breezy tone throughout but looks increasingly threadbare of real inspiration or originality as it proceeds.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    09/10/04
    Derek Elley
    Derek Elley
    Variety
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    The characters are all directed to play their goofy expressions for the back row, which might have befitted the boards but is offputting in the close-ups of camera. Moreover, the story is slight.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    09/05/04
    Kim Williamson
    Kim Williamson
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Neither witty nor inventive enough to hold your interest for its belabored 100-minute running time.

    Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
    09/04/04
    Timothy Knight
    Timothy Knight
    Reel.com

    A pleasant enough movie whose overt charm sometimes works against it.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    09/03/04
    John McMurtrie
    John McMurtrie
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    Perhaps it's all in the translation, but Yes Nurse! No Nurse! makes only a so-so musical...[enhanced by] campy, candy-colored design...

    Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
    09/03/04
    Peter Canavese
    Peter Canavese
    Groucho Reviews

    Goofy, episodic and intermittently charming.

    Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
    09/02/04
    Glenn Lovell
    Glenn Lovell
    San Jose Mercury News
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    The songs are shrill and cloying (if mercifully forgettable), the choreography is embarrassing, and the comedy sets a new global standard for puerility -- and not in a fun way.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    08/07/04
    Cliff Doerksen
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    07/28/04
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