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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA campy, brightly colored musical comedy.
- 63Miami HeraldMarta BarberMiami HeraldMarta BarberThis wacky, campy lampoon of 1950s Hollywood musicals is not for everyone.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBe warned: the silly songs are damnably catchy, from Gerrit's ode to the seventeen pigeons he keeps on the roof, which he sings while sporting a very tight set of white undergarments, to the rousing "Ja Zuster, Nee Zuster."
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleA pleasant enough movie whose overt charm sometimes works against it.
- 50Village VoiceEd ParkVillage VoiceEd ParkIt's all an excuse for some daft production numbers, however, and a chance to relive the vanished Holland of your youth. Yes Nurse? No Nurse? Maybe Nurse!
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf the film's old-movie homages are affectionate, they're slavishly imitative and scattershot, and the story is so willfully daffy that not even the hint of a subtext asserts itself. The film rides on the dubious assumption that camp and infantilism are the same thing.
- 40VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyPic maintains a likable, breezy tone throughout but looks increasingly threadbare of real inspiration or originality as it proceeds.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonA little of this goes a long way.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAt once corny and precious, its humor seems too heavily ethnic to travel well.
- 10Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderThe songs are shrill and cloying (if mercifully forgettable), the choreography is embarrassing, and the comedy sets a new global standard for puerility--and not in a fun way.