Holland

Rather than carefully weaving Coen-esque absurdity with Hitchcockian thrills, it jumps from one to another without care.

The journey there is worth taking, but it’s hard not to wish that Holland had gone a little madder, or attacked its themes a little harder, rather than building itself such a neat escape route.

Andrew Sodorski’s script, which has bounced around Hollywood for a decade, has come out a half-baked mess. Cave’s role is to toss a layer of visual irony over it all and hope no one notices.

No one involved with Holland seems to understand what they’re up to at all...

The movie is more than two-thirds over by the time director Mimi Cave’s laborious establishment of the ironically perky mood resolves into anything as solid as a plot twist.

Nicole Kidman has perfected the art of the wronged housewife, but that’s not enough to elevate the shallow nightmare of Holland. This derivative thriller is in need of some Dutch courage.

Nicole Kidman tries her best to make a movie you would want to visit, but just doesn't quite make it.

Mimi Cave’s film flounders in a stylistic miasma. Not quite comedy. Not quite thriller. No edge. No commitment.

Nicole Kidman shines amidst the confusion, but neither her talent nor her visual style are enough to save a story that gets lost in its own labyrinth. [Full review in Spanish]

When you add in a painfully underused Rachel Sennott, it makes Holland all the more disappointing.