Chicago – A glance at the premise of Ben Sombogaart’s “Bride Flight” would lead one to believe that the entire film chronicled the 1953 long distance air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand. Yet that backdrop merely serves as the launching pad for a plethora of melodramatic fireworks. Despite occasional moments of hokum, the film benefits greatly from its three splendid leads.
Instead of focusing on the race itself, Marieke van der Pol’s script centers on a trio of female immigrants from Holland who board the plane known as The Flying Dutchman (dubbed “Bride Flight”) to meet their fiancés as they make a new home in New Zealand. Yet a chance encounter with a handsome young ladykiller, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), proves to have a lasting impact on their lives. What follows is a relatively standard romantic tearjerker much like “Bridges of Madison County” with a dash of post-wwii intrigue.
Instead of focusing on the race itself, Marieke van der Pol’s script centers on a trio of female immigrants from Holland who board the plane known as The Flying Dutchman (dubbed “Bride Flight”) to meet their fiancés as they make a new home in New Zealand. Yet a chance encounter with a handsome young ladykiller, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), proves to have a lasting impact on their lives. What follows is a relatively standard romantic tearjerker much like “Bridges of Madison County” with a dash of post-wwii intrigue.
- 10/4/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
- 6/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
- 6/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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