Ain't It Cool News Films of 2004

Harry Knowles number 5 film of 2004 is the magical Dutch production "Yes nurse, no nurse."! What a pleasant rurprise that this campy film is dicovered in the US!

"5 – JA ZUSTER, NEE ZUSTER
Wow. Talk about out of left field. I received a screener of this movie just 3 days ago. I’ve watched it 7 times now. Originally made in 2002, the film finally reached limited release in the United States in September of this year. Prior to that, the film was adopted by and wildly embraced by Gay & Lesbian Film Festivals all over the world. While, there’s certainly nothing wrong with that, it is a shame beyond words that the film didn’t find a wider audience in the United States. This isn’t a Gay & Lesbian film, rather it is simply a brilliant MUSICAL COMEDY. First off, there’s Tjitske Reidinga playing Jet. She’s the spitting image of TROUBLE WITH HARRY era Shirley MacClaine. Oh my god is she amazing. Then there is Loes Luca who plays the titular Zuster of the film… or in English, Nurse Klivia. Loes is like some crazed bio-cloned mix of Ethel Merman and Lucille Ball. Amazing. Then there’s Paul Kooij – who is simply a genius. The film is like if Busby Berkeley teamed up with Stanley Donen to make a Technicolor adaptation of some unknown Roald Dahl work of genius! Vunderval film! The English Title is YES NURSE, NO NURSE and will be hitting DVD in February! "

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