Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Really, just read the book. I cannot even begin to compare it to this film. Bad acting, bad lines, wrong accents, and a thousand things missing in (and different to) the storyline.The book catches the feelings and circumstances of main character Julia so well, you'll actually start feeling the same way she does and will want to pursue her goal of finding her baby even beyond the very end. The true tragedy and injustice of her situation will still hold you in it's grasp for a long time after finishing the book.By the by, also there is more attention to the flooding and it's consequences to the people living there. (Book is called '1953' by Rik Launspach)

It is a shame! Barry Atsma shines in the short movie "Ooit" and is a promising a actor. He shouldn't lend himself for an Moloch like this. Well the acting is alright, the cheap-ass visual effects are so so but the story is paper thin.. One girls story, kicking in open doors like the perception of the locals that the 1953 disasters was the wrath of God, and other small minded opinions that did not apply at that time and only came to being in the sixties and seventies. The plot is unbelievable. Wonderful research people!. The accent claims to be zeeuws-vlaams and Julia visits the opening of one of the Deltawerken at the Haringvliet.. Yeah Right!

This film is about the flooding of the south west part of The Netherlands in 1953. After the dikes broke away, Julia, mother of an illegitimate child, tries to escape from the rising water with her family and child. When she loses her child in the chaos, she tries to find him back. Along with Aldo, who saved her from drowning, she wanders through the flooded village to find her child. Although the visual effects are pretty impressive, the story is simply not good enough. The flooding and its disastrous consequences are completely subordinate to the lengthy (and sometimes annoying) search of a mother for her missing child. A missed opportunity for a Titanic-like Dutch disaster film.

I saw this movie yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised for the theatre was completely sold out. Which does not happen often when a Dutch movie is released. Maybe it has to do with the history which the dutch have with the water. For non-dutchmen: The dutch have a long history in the fight against water. In fact: half of the country is below sealevel and can only exist because of the so called Deltaplan, a construction of dikes and other measures to prevent a disaster like what happened in the night of 2/3 february 1953. This disaster is the background of the story told in De storm .The story is about a girl who has just become a mother 5 weeks ago. In the complete madness of what happens after the dikes break and the water is in the peoples houses she gets separated from her child. The rest of the movie she is looking for her kid. In doing so we follow her and we see the full picture of what impact the disaster has (dead cows in the water, families ripped apart, people praying to God, others saying its Gods will, etc.)I would say the acting is done very well. The story is good. Only thing is: if you expect to see a disastermovie like towering inferno, day after tomorrow etc. this is not the wright movie for you. It is realism with a big touch of drama.Was the movie any good. I would say so. Story is good, acting OK, special effect are great (you actually see the water flooding towards the houses), a true accomplishment considering the low budget. For me the main reason to call this movie a good movie is the reaction of the people in the theatre. People were at the edge of their seat the whole time and I actually heard some people say "Basterd!" to someone who didn't want to help the main character. They were completely 'in the movie'.Maybe not an Oscar, but certainly worth a nomination.