Katie's Passion. The title sounds kind of like a porn movie, hell even the plot sounds kind of like a porn movie. A young woman trying to find a better life moves to turn of the century Amsterdam with her family. Instead what they find is the same thing, bad working and living conditions. Eventually Katie's new life leads her to a job in prostitution. Also Rutger Hauer.
But it's not a porno! It's actually a period drama... brought to you by the director who gave the world Showgirls and Starship Troopers, two of the greatest comedies of the '90s.
I'm going to let you in a little writing secret. I've just spent the last 15 minutes staring at the screen wondering what to write about this movie. It's not great, but it certainly wasn't a bad movie. I'm just not sure what to say about a period drama that was good. I could make fun of the fact that Rutger Hauer is in it, but I already have. The fact that Paul Verhoeven directed this and some other awesomely bad movies? Check. So I've run out of cards.
Katie's Passion wasn't a bad movie, but if you're not interested in period pieces it's not going to bring something to the table that's going to make you want to watch it. It seems to be acted well, but since it's a foreign film that's dubbed it's kind of hard to gauge. Overall it was an okay movie that didn't really do anything to stand out, but certainly wasn't awful in any way.
I'm just not sure what to say about this movie, at the end of the day it was decent. Not necessarily my cup of tea, but generally better than anything else I've watched in the recent past. This movie isn't good because it falls into the "so bad it's good" category like some of the other movies I've watched, it's actually just a good. So if you're into period pieces go for it.
Sorry this review is kind of short and maybe light on chuckles, but I'm really at a loss for anyway to remedy that. So I'll just leave you with parting shot of Rutger Hauer:
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