I am desperate for Dutch language content on Netflix, I watch pretty much anything that they will stream. This review is based on watching this film in its original Dutch language with English subtitles. The film follows three new mothers...Anne a professional lawyer who is working towards making partner in her law firm and has her baby at home in the tub via a midwife and her husband Barry, Roos who together with her lesbian partner Kim use her best friend Kaj as the sperm donor for their third pregnancy after delivering a healthy baby boy named Teo...Kaj would like to play a more active role in his kids life with them staying over and calling him "Dad", and then there is Ilse who just had her first child with her Moroccan boyfriend...she is struggling with mastitis making it so she can't breastfeed her son and as her boyfriend's big Moroccan family descend on them with incorporating all of their cultural traditions into the raising of her son like the circumcision and the sacrificing of a sheep!
This is a comedy and it deals with a lot of the new parenting struggles...but there are also some individual storylines with underlying sadness running through them Anne, Kaj and Ilse have some very serious issues that they are dealing with.
I think new moms who want to have a lighthearted laugh may enjoy this film, I didn't have a lot that I personally related to...but it was colorful, with a decent wardrobe and good sets. My Dutch language practice time was enhanced by watching it...so thank you, Netflix, please stream more Dutch language content.
