Bride Flight

R13

2008

131 mins

Based on a true story, this is the most expensive Dutch movie ever made. Bride Flight is the story of... More

Based on a true story, this is the most expensive Dutch movie ever made. Bride Flight is the story of the Last Great Air Race in 1953, from London to Christchurch, which carried 26 young Dutch brides-to-be on their way to join their fiances already settled in New Zealand.

The film centres on the women: Ada, Marjorie and Esther, who reunite 50 years after the historic flight. Bride Flight is based on bestselling book Bruidsvlucht by Marieke van der Pol, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.

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Bride Flight | Ratings & Reviews

67_%39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
75_%1,310 reviews
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"A devil-may-care adventurer and three vastly different gals emigrate from the Low Countries to New Zealand in the romantic epic "Bride Flight," a glossy European meller that switches between the '50s, the '60s and the present. One of the most expensive Dutch-language productions ever, and made by the same team behind Oscar-nommed "Twin Sisters" (another time-and-country-hopping tale about rocky female bonding), "Flight" also features a strong male protag in beefcake du jour Waldemar Torenstra."

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Variety

"Does an admirable turn for Tourism New Zealand, which has not been slow to embrace the favour on its website. Perhaps we should just be fortunate that the New Zealand Film Commission wasn't involved - and that Baz Lurhman wasn't offered the script."

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Otago Daily Times

"A local connection helps this lengthy melodrama along."

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New Zealand Herald

"Personally, I enjoyed Bride Flight a lot more than the first half hour or so had me expecting to. The drama was more affecting, and the plotting braver, than the publicity really hint at."

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