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Spetters

Play trailer Poster for Spetters R,  1980,  1h 55m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 65% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Two young motocross racers, Rien (Hans van Tongeren) and Hans (Maarten Spanjer), and their mechanic, Eef (Toon Agterberg), dream of fame, fortune and loose women. Their hero is legendary motocross champion Gerrit Witkamp (Rutger Hauer), who fuels their competitive drive. Their lives are changed when they meet a young seductress named Fientje (Renée Soutendijk). Eventually, she makes the three men face the reality of success, defeat and homosexuality.

Critics Reviews

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies Dec 2, 2019
in these young men's stories, as they become caught up in a collision of older and newer values, you can also see the painful emergence of the Dutch nation from its own Calvinist, homophobic, colonialist past. Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Imagine a Mike Leigh film set in Holland with motorbike stunts, packed with authentic action sequences and sexual frankness... Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times Aug 30, 2004
2.5/5
A resolutely humorless (though sometimes unintentionally funny) Dutch movie about three young men who dream of finding fame and fortune in motorcycle racing and, instead, find themselves. The search is unrewarding and seems interminable. Go to Full Review
Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) Sep 15, 2022
Spetters is a satisfyingly old fashioned sort of movie with the explicit sexuality of more contemporary films. It’s a little bit closety, but its half truthfulness is more enjoyable than none at all. Go to Full Review
Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Dec 9, 2021
The film never condones the antics but condemns the sort of masculinity and conservatism fomented in Dutch culture. Still, it's tough and shocking. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan New West/California Nov 3, 2021
It is the canny way Verhoeven blends hoary plotting with sexy thrills that makes Spetters as enjoyable as it is. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Paul Verhoeven

Director

Hans van Tongeren

Rien

Renée Soutendijk

Fientje

Toon Agterberg

Eef

Maarten Spanjer

Hans

Marianne Boyer

Maya

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Movie Info

Synopsis Two young motocross racers, Rien (Hans van Tongeren) and Hans (Maarten Spanjer), and their mechanic, Eef (Toon Agterberg), dream of fame, fortune and loose women. Their hero is legendary motocross champion Gerrit Witkamp (Rutger Hauer), who fuels their competitive drive. Their lives are changed when they meet a young seductress named Fientje (Renée Soutendijk). Eventually, she makes the three men face the reality of success, defeat and homosexuality.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Producer
Joop van den Ende
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Dutch
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 1, 2006
Runtime
1h 55m
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