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      Keetje Tippel

      R 1975 1h 44m Drama List
      Reviews 66% 250+ Ratings Audience Score In the 1880s, Keetje (Monique van de Ven), a beautiful young woman with an irrepressible spirit, moves to Amsterdam with her family. There her parents struggle to hold jobs, and Keetje can find only the most degrading work. Worse, she's subjected to police brutality and sexual abuse as the family tries to survive the squalor of their daily lives. Eventually, Keetje turns to the lucrative field of prostitution and meets the bohemian Hugo (Rutger Hauer), who could be her ticket out of the slums. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member An interesting socialist-leaning movie about the struggles of life in 1880s Amsterdam. Based on the memoirs of well known icon of proletarian literature, Neel Doff, Keetje Tippel is an interesting foray into the seedy underbelly of Amsterdam's night life in the belle epoque, directed by one of my favourite 'low-brow' directors, Paul Verhoeven. Starring a young and strapping Rutger Hauer and the fantastic Monique van de Ven this is an interesting film to watch. Starting from the gutters of back-alley Amsterdam, into the workhouses and whorehouses of the city and finally into the upper class restaurants and salons Keetje Tippel is best watched as a snapshot of Amsterdam-that-was rather than some commentary on social class, which it attempts but, in my opinion, fails at completely. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The other reviews are dead-on. I think this is Verhoevn's strongest case for a more socialist-democratic society. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Handsomely mounted period drama from Paul Verhoeven. It's pretty grim but extremely involving and surprisingly enjoyable considering the bleak subject matter. Monique van de ven is impressive in the lead. Based on a true story. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member An evocation of the 19th c. feminine condition in Europe where there is little choice, whether you work yourself to death or you become a prostitute. Under Verhoeven's eye it become an heroic struggle for life, featuring one of the best character in European cinema ever. A must see. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Une fois de plus, Paul Verhoeven filme une femme. A la fois petite soeur de Greet, la prostituee au grand coeur de "Wat zien ik", et cousine d'Olga, l'amante extreme de "Turkish delices" (jouee par la meme actrice, au demeurant), Keetje incarne la tenacite et la capacite a survivre. Son histoire est prenante. Malheureusement, le film souffre d'une rigidite souvent observee dans les films dits a costumes. En terme de film historique, le cineste fera mieux par la suite ("La Chair et le Sang", "Black Book"). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Ce que j'aime bien chez Verhoeven c'est qu'il arrive a mettre les femmes en valeur sans passer par la morale feministe. La plupart des films etant faits par des hommes, on ne se rend meme plus compte mais on sent que la femme reste cantonnee a un certain schema pratique. Grace a des realisateurs comme Verhoeven, Tarantino, Campion, etc. c'est bien qu'elle se remette un peu a exister. Meme si dans ce film on retombe dans la caricature mais cette fois de l'autre cote, c'est a dire l'homme en tant que "salaud". Mais je crois que le realisateur a voulu s'amuser. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times There's an infectious joy to [Monique van de Van's] presence that pulls the movie in directions Verhoeven might not have had in mind. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Still worth a watch as Katie’s journey from rural life to big city to love is very similar to Verhoeven’s masterpiece Showgirls... Apr 9, 2022 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 19, 2005 Full Review Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net Rated: 3/5 Feb 20, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis In the 1880s, Keetje (Monique van de Ven), a beautiful young woman with an irrepressible spirit, moves to Amsterdam with her family. There her parents struggle to hold jobs, and Keetje can find only the most degrading work. Worse, she's subjected to police brutality and sexual abuse as the family tries to survive the squalor of their daily lives. Eventually, Keetje turns to the lucrative field of prostitution and meets the bohemian Hugo (Rutger Hauer), who could be her ticket out of the slums.
      Director
      Paul Verhoeven
      Screenwriter
      Gerard Soeteman
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Dutch
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 25, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 44m