6outof7peoplefoundthefollowingcommentusefulaaa　　Abrilliantandoutragouslyfunnysatireofsociety,7December1999　　Author:DaveJoerg(joerd000@mail.zdv.uni-mainz.de)　　"Flodder"isoneofthefunniestmoviesevermadeandfewpeoplerealisethatitisaDutchmoviemadebynoneotherthantheHollandversionofJohnCarpenter,thefamousDickMaas,authoranddirectorofthethriller"Amsterdamned".TheFlodderfamilyisthereincarnationoftheterma-social.Whenthewholefamilybunch,basicallyallbastards,criminalsandslutsmustberelocatedfromtheirCityslumbecauseoftoxicwasteundertheirhouse,thecitycouncilhousenochoice.Theonlyavailablespaceisinthe"Zoendal"-the"SunValley"thebestareainAmsterdamwherealldoctors,snobsandbusinessmencanaffordtolivetheirlives.Andwherethecentralpointofinterestandpoliticsisthetennisclubofthecommunity.TheFlodderfamilybringsdevastationtothetranquilworldthatruledbefore.Theyaresimplyunbelievable.Thecharacterisationisincrediblyfunny,beginningwithMaFlodderwhosearchesotherpeople'strashcansforfoodormakingillegalliquorinhercellarandendingwiththeeldestdaughterwhoisthebiggestslutonearth.Togethertheymakethemosthorriblefamilyimaginable,asortofimmoralmirrorimagetotheBradyBunchortheWaltons.WhentheCitycounselofAmsterdamhopedthattheFlodderswouldshowtheirgoodwilltobemorecivilisedintheirnewarea,itturnsoutthatHolland'smostfamousfamilywouldratherbringouttheworstintherichpeopleof"SunValley"-wonderland.Therestisahilarious,brilliantandwellmadesocialsatirethatcanbewatchedasaprovocativemovieaswellasastraightforwardcomedy.DickMaasathisbest.Isalutehim!FlooderwastheDutchsmashhitin1986andbroughttwosequelsandatvseries.Allofthesequelswerenicebutnotasgreatastheoriginal.　　Flodders(1986)isavailableonDVDinGermanyinadubbedGermanversioninDolbyDigital5.1.underthename:　　"Flodders-EineFamiliezumknutschen"　　WhyisFirstFloorFeatures,theproducerofthemovienotbringingtheDickMaasblockbustersoutonDVDintheNetherlands,Iwonder.Thearenotevenavailableonvideothere.Thesemovieshavesomuchpotential,stilltothisdayandhaveahugesilentbuttruefollowing.