The first 20 minutes were very engaging and I thought this would be a delightful absurdist comedy with random unrelated events happening to the people of a small community. Afterwards though, the plot gets a bit heavy: the men are always angry and aggressive, the women whiny yet combative. It had too much conflict and lost hold of the romantic whimsy it began with. A pity. The voyeurism theme was underused while the religious overtones struck a false note. Hit and miss, but still interesting.

It was really funny, and I loved how risky it was playing everything from murder and rape to disability and slavery for laughs and, importantly, succeeding. There's so much pent up sexual frustration and these characters make for some fascinating psychological portraits. The ending could have provided a bit more resolution, especially considering the wasted comic potential, but it was still very enjoyable.

Very good dutch movie. Black comedy, very dutch.