Dutch twin sisters, Sofie (Carice van Houten) and Daan (Jelka van Houten), never knew their birth mother. Their gay fathers are happily married and used visiting American hippie Jackie as a surrogate. Daan is struggling to get pregnant. Career-obsessed Sofie has no use for starting her own family. They get a call from America. Jackie (Holly Hunter) needs help after a stay in the hospital.
These are compelling actresses and this is a good neo-family road trip. One thing that kept bugging me for most of the movie. These girls should realize that Jackie would know some Dutch. She probably spent some time there. I kept waiting for the scene where she tells the girls something which reveals that she's been listening to her all that time. I have to give it to the movie. I never saw the twist coming. In some ways, it's a great twist and it says something about family more than Fast & Furious. I like that Sofie almost left it with the garbage and I really like the last scene in the suburbs. I do want a better way for the girls to have agency in tracking down their mother and they really should be smart enough to know that she would speak at least some passing Dutch.
These are compelling actresses and this is a good neo-family road trip. One thing that kept bugging me for most of the movie. These girls should realize that Jackie would know some Dutch. She probably spent some time there. I kept waiting for the scene where she tells the girls something which reveals that she's been listening to her all that time. I have to give it to the movie. I never saw the twist coming. In some ways, it's a great twist and it says something about family more than Fast & Furious. I like that Sofie almost left it with the garbage and I really like the last scene in the suburbs. I do want a better way for the girls to have agency in tracking down their mother and they really should be smart enough to know that she would speak at least some passing Dutch.