All Stars (1997)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Jean van de Velde

Writers:

Mischa Alexander (writer)
Jean van de Velde (writer)

Release Date:

1 May 1997 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Een comedy over het ultieme voetbalgevoel, buitenspel, diepgaan en gemiste kansen.

Plot:

The members of a Dutch soccer team have been playing together since they were little boys. Now, in their twenties...

Plot Keywords:

Soccer | Friendship

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Antonie Kamerling	...	Hero
Danny de Munk	...	Bram
Thomas Acda	...	Willem
Peter Paul Muller	...	Mark
Plien van Bennekom	...	Sas
Raymi Sambo	...	Paul
Nora Mullens	...	Taxichauffeur
Daniël Boissevain	...	Johnny
Kasper van Kooten	...	Peter
Alfred van den Heuvel	...	Scheids #1
Isa Hoes	...	Roos
Joan Royé	...	Joan
Shannon Royé	...	Shannon
Lucretia van der Vloot	...	Anja
Ellen Ten Damme	...	Deborah

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Netherlands:AL

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

M&B FILM BV

Trivia:

The movie was a hit, and got a spin-off series with roughly the same cast and characters: "All stars - De serie". The same thing happened twice to its Belgian pendant, also in Dutch but catering for Flemish idiosyncrasies, Team Spirit.

Movie Connections:

References "Goede tijden, slechte tijden" (1990)

A great film, for everyone to enjoy!

This film is definitely worth checking out! It is out and out funny, touching and recognisable for everyone, even if you're not interested in soccer (I am not, for example). The plot touches many different social aspects in a light and enjoyable way, by focusing on a Dutch amateur soccer team. The men in the team are friends for a lifetime, but are also totally different from each other (there's the womaniser, the homosexual, the spiritualist, the loser, the macho, the guy from Surinam and the smug-married) which creates many hilarious, touching and conflicting situations. The casting is superb, the acting is simply fabulous and I guess the setting is really typically Dutch. And if all of this still isn't enough to convince you, you could also just watch the film for the gorgeous actors that are in it (Antonie Kamerling, Daniel Boissevain etc.)! P.S. The TV-series 'All Stars' are equally great and won an Emmy Award last year.