p 　　六 out of 七 people found the following comment useful br 　　A brilliant and outragously funny satire of society, 七 December 一九九九 br 　　Author: Dave Joerg joerd000 mail zdv uni-mainz de br 　　 quot Flodder quot is one of the funniest movies ever made and few people realise that it is a Dutch movie made by none other than the Holland version of John Carpenter, the famous Dick Maas, author and director of the thriller quot Amsterdamned quot The Flodder family is the reincarnation of the term a-social When the whole family bunch, basically all bastards, criminals and sluts must be relocated from their City slum because of toxic waste under their house, the city council house no choice The only available space is in the quot Zoendal quot - the quot Sun Valley quot the best area in Amsterdam where all doctors, snobs and businessmen can afford to live their lives And where the central point of interest and politics is the tennis club of the community The Flodder family brings devastation to the tranquil world that ruled before They are simply unbelievable The characterisation is incredibly funny, beginning with Ma Flodder who searches other people 三九 s trash cans for food or making illegal liquor in her cellar and ending with the eldest daughter who is the biggest slut on earth Together they make the most horrible family imaginable, a sort of immoral mirror image to the Brady Bunch or the Waltons When the City counsel of Amsterdam hoped that the Flodders would show their good will to be more civilised in their new area, it turns out that Holland 三九 s most famous family would rather bring out the worst in the rich people of quot Sun Valley quot -wonderland The rest is a hilarious, brilliant and well made social satire that can be watched as a provocative movie as well as a straightforward comedy Dick Maas at his best I salute him Flooder was the Dutch smash hit in 一九八六 and brought two sequels and a tv series All of the sequels were nice but not as great as the original br 　　Flodders 一九八六 is available on DVD in Germany in a dubbed German version in Dolby Digital 五 一 under the name: br 　　 quot Flodders -Eine Familie zum knutschen quot br 　　Why is First Floor Features, the producer of the movie not bringing the Dick Maas blockbusters out on DVD in the Netherlands, I wonder The are not even available on video there These movies have so much potential, still to this day and have a huge silent but true following p