Katie Tippel details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Fons Rademakers, Rutger Hauer, Monique Van De Ven, Rutger Hauer |
| Director: | Paul Verhoeven |
| Genres: | Drama - Period, Gay/Lesbian - General |
| Studio: | AMAZON WEB |
| Name | Discs | |
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Katie Tippel |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | Dutch |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Katie Tippel
By SAI81 (360 reviews) from Tonbridge , 07 Aug 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Here's a controversial statement for you. Paul Verhoven is a great director. The frankly embarassing Showgirls notwithstanding he's made an array of excellent films and Katie Tippel, made in 1975 in his native Holland, while not his best work, is an early indicator of his talent. The rags to riches tale is familliar and the script isn't always wonderfully written (though much of that may be down to subtitling) and some of the supporting performances leave much to be desired. That said Katie Tippel is a highly watchable film thanks largely to an excellent performance from Monique Van De Ven in the title role and, showing he's as good in Dutch as in English, a fine turn from Rutger Hauer. Verhoven's preoccupations are already in place here. Specifically there's a naked woman reflected in a mirror (which he's also used in Basic Instinct and Turkish Delight) and sex and nudity, as ever, abound. He holds back on the violence until the end but it's shocking and impactful when it comes because of that, despite it's not being explicit. Katie Tippel lacks the dead on social commentary and satire of Robocop or the thriller narrative thrust of Basic Instinct (stop laughing I'm serious) but it remains watchable and entertaining throughout.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(6)dump it in the canal
By a customer from Folkestone , 28 Jun 2008THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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not a bad film
By a customer from Leeds , 10 May 2008A film about a poor dutch family- Was this review helpful to you?
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Costume drama as pantomime
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 29 Mar 2008Paul Verhoeven is such an unrepentantly gung-ho (not to say vulgar) director that it's surely impossible for him to make a dull movie. This one attempts to condense the first volume in a trilogy of autobiographies, which runs to 500 pages, into 100 minutes. I defy anyone to say that the result makes much sense, with characters (like the sluttish sister) simply vanishing from the action, and a barely-developed political background. Verhoeven has never liked the result himself very much, and was hamstrung both by budgetary restraints and the fragmenting marriage of star van de Ven and cameraman Jan de Bont. But the result still entertains hugely (and not just because of the amount of nudity on screen). He moves through the story at such a rate of knots that there's always something new happening, and the result, for all its basic flaws, is a lot of fun.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Katie Tippel
By SAI81 (360 reviews) from Tonbridge , 07 Aug 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
Here's a controversial statement for you. Paul Verhoven is a great director. The frankly embarassing Showgirls notwithstanding he's made an array of excellent films and Katie Tippel, made in 1975 in his native Holland, while not his best work, is an early indicator of his talent. The rags to riches tale is familliar and the script isn't always wonderfully written (though much of that may be down to subtitling) and some of the supporting performances leave much to be desired. That said Katie Tippel is a highly watchable film thanks largely to an excellent performance from Monique Van De Ven in the title role and, showing he's as good in Dutch as in English, a fine turn from Rutger Hauer. Verhoven's preoccupations are already in place here. Specifically there's a naked woman reflected in a mirror (which he's also used in Basic Instinct and Turkish Delight) and sex and nudity, as ever, abound. He holds back on the violence until the end but it's shocking and impactful when it comes because of that, despite it's not being explicit. Katie Tippel lacks the dead on social commentary and satire of Robocop or the thriller narrative thrust of Basic Instinct (stop laughing I'm serious) but it remains watchable and entertaining throughout.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By William Johnson from Leamington , 17 Jan 2005In 19th. century Holland a family moves from the country to Amsterdam to find work. Father becomes a drunk, one daughter becomes a prostitute, son becomes a rent boy but amid all the destitution and horror beautiful Katie fights for her honour and becomes a rich man's plaything. And all based on a true story.
Standard 'Oh wasn't the 19th. century horrible,' movie. Just about reaches to the knees of David Lean's 'Oliver Twist' and that wasn't even in colour.
As usual Verhoeven gets the clothes off his actors as often as possible.
Hauer looks pretty.
van der Ven is surprisingly good.
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