the director alex van warmerdam be know in holland for his film abel and a comedy about a man who refuse to grow up and who still live with his parent and at the age of 26. the film and de jurk ( the dress ) also start out like a comedy and but the long you watch and the less you feel the need to laugh . the life of unrelated people touch because of the dress and totally unrelated event suddenly fit into the story because of the dress . i could not discover a message in the film and probably because there be none . i find the film very entertaining and but be surprise that it turn out rather black and grim .