Lepel (2005)
Genre: Family
Duration: 93 minuten
Country:
Netherlands / Germany / United Kingdom
Directed by: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Stars: Joep Truijen, Carice van Houten and Loes Luca
IMDb score:
6,4 (683)
Releasedate: 2 February 2005
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Lepel plot
The story is about the nine-year-old boy Lepel (Joep Truijen) who has to live with his mean grandmother Koppenol because his parents have been traveling for a long time. When one day he gets the chance, he hides in a department store. He befriends the tough girl Pleun (Neeltje de Vree), who secretly lives behind the sweaters in the department store. Together with salesman Max and Pleun, Lepel experiences exciting adventures in his search for a sweet mother.
Reviews & comments
Elineloves
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- 24071 messages
- 3632 votes
Loes Luca. I hate her since her role in Yes Sister No Sister, which is something I've considered therapy for after watching. No, those kinds of movies are not for me. It makes me grumpy, annoying and bitchy. Even more than usual. That's why I decided not to watch such films, it's more fun for friends I watch them with and also nicer for myself.
Still, the older kids at my work were eager to see this film. Ugh, not Loes I thought,
but when I saw the name Carice van Houten, I was somewhat taken aback. "Then it will be all right."
And yes, it did indeed work. Movies like this will never really get me excited. It's simply not my thing. Barry did a great job, as did the young cast (Although somehow I kept thinking about the boy from Insidious, which was quite distracting).
You have the bad people and the good people, something that often comes back in children's films, but it never feels disturbing or forced. It took me a while to get into the story, but I caught myself sometimes secretly having a smile on my face. Despite - in my eyes terrible - Loes Luca. Maybe just whine a little less and just pay attention to the good things in a movie, all those prejudices every time...
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Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8252 votes
Nice Dutch children's film, to watch in the morning of New Year's Day.
The story is very simple, but the interpretation is quite nice. Visually, Lepel is particularly striking because of the striking bright colors that are used. Lots of red, yellow and green, which is often reflected in the houses, the cars and the store, where the story takes place for most of the time.
The actors do a decent job, and aren't remarkably good or bad. Joep Truijen is certainly not doing badly. Loes Luca is sometimes an annoying granny, and Van Houten and Atsma also fill their roles reasonably well, although they could have gotten a little more out of it.
But the story flows nicely, and it never bores or irritates. It's not all that high-quality, but if a children's film manages to put a smile on my face at the end, it has obviously done something good.
3.0*
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Robi
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- 2538 messages
- 2531 votes
It's a fun kids movie with a good story and good acting.
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