at most time book and movie have very different style and completely different construct story . some of the book story and style simply do not translate well to the big screen . the book phileine zegt sorry write by ronald giphart be one of those book that doesn not translate well to the big screen . a a movie phileine zegt sorry leave a pointless impression . it one of those movie which make you wonder after you have see it while why do i even watch this in the first place . it pretty obvious throughout the entire movie that it one base on a novel . it feature some typical book element that i be sure work well in the book but feel completely pointless in the movie . it also have some character walk around in the movie that feel absolutely pointless and serve no purpose at all . on top of that it incredibly irritate that most of the new york character be play by dutch actor and almost a if there weren not any available actor in new york . their american dutch accent be notable and at point even irritate . the two main actor kim van kooten and michiel huisman be really great but van kooten couldn not prevent me from be irritate by her character phileine at time . her character be over the top and really push it at time . i would have dump her almost immediately . but again and this be not van kooten fault and she play her character with lot of profession and passion . and simply blame the story . appereantly this be suppose to be a comedy but there be no real laugh here . also a a drama it isn not serious enough . i think this be the main reason why this movie leave an overall pointless impression . the movie be just mostly about phileine talk rudely about mainly sex and act like an uncontrollable young hormone fill woman . the movie however deserve credit for how it look . the cinematography by bart pot be most excellent and especially for the scene in new york and where this movie be set for about two third of the entire movie . the editing by peter alderliesten keep the pace high . robert jan westdijk isn not an horrible director he have just be give horrible material to work with . i can not think of any reason why someone should ever watch this movie . 4/10 .