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Flodder (1986) poster

1986 · comedy · popular · satire

Flodder

Directed by Dick Maas1h 51m1986

A low-class antisocial family ends up in a rich upper-class neighborhood and causes all sorts of trouble.

Our read: Flodder (1986) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · popular · satire entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Warm, breathless, measured comedy / popular, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb6.68kTMDB6.3155
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • intimate
  • funny
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DNA · twelve axes

How Flodder feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want loud Dutch class-clash comedy with zero taste and maximum chaos.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 2/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upnudityexplicit sexcringe humiliationdrug use

Skip it tonight — You cannot handle crude sex gags and antisocial family mayhem.

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