Bro's Before Ho's (2013)

Two brothers have their friendship put to the test when they both fall in love with the same girl.

Directors:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Writers:

Steffen Haars, Flip Van der Kuil

Stars:

Sylvia Hoeks, Raymond Thiry, Flip Van der Kuil

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sylvia Hoeks	...	Anna
Raymond Thiry
Flip Van der Kuil	...	Lingo contestant 2
Jennifer Hoffman	...	Suzanne
Huub Smit	...	Jordy
Tim Haars	...	Max
Steffen Haars	...	Lingo contestant 1
Nils Verkooijen
Bo Maerten	...	Girl (videostore)
Marieke Westenenk	...	Nola
Juliette van Ardenne	...	Eefje
Ferdi Stofmeel	...	Young Police Officer
Theo Maassen	...	Bart
Eva Duijvestein
Henry van Loon	...	René (as Henry Van Loon)

Storyline

Because of a bad marriage of their parents, two brothers Jules (Daniel Arends) and Max (Tim Haars) made a pact never to get into a relationship with a woman. Therefore, they live a party-life in which they sleep with a different girl every day. However this changes when Jules starts to date Anna (Sylvia Hoeks) and Max falls in love with her. Can their bromance overcome this love triangle. Although the makers of this movie claim this movie is a romcom, it still has the same adolescent humour we are accustomed to with Steffen en Flip.

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Plot Keywords:

funfair | reference to rambo | split screen | loss of job | erection | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the mid-credits sequence, the mental patients are shown re-enacting several famous movies. The last one they do is New Kids Turbo (2010), which featured cast members Tim Haars and Huub Smit, and was also written and directed by Steffen Haars and Flip Van der Kuil. In fact, Huub Smit's character Jordy impersonates the New Kids character "Richard", which was the role Smit played in New Kids Turbo (2010).

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Connections

References The Fighter (2010)

User Reviews

Entertaining, but they're running out of idea(s)

When Steffen Haars and Flip Van Der Kuil made their first "New Kids" shorts and the feature film, their humour was refreshingly in your face. Every character they wrote was rude and violent, every joke was completely over the top, it was beautiful unstructured chaos acted in a genius deadpan style. It was also something I had just never seen before. After three movies however, I'm sort of wondering if they can do anything else. "Bros Before Hoes" doesn't technically have the same characters of "New Kids" and its sequel, but that doesn't stop them from making the exact same movie again. Now apparently it's a romantic comedy, but who cares, it's just the same jokes they've done to death in their earlier works. People puke, smoke crack, do anal, watch porn, beat each other up for no reason, take their cocks out in public, sexually assault the mentally handicapped, that used to be hilarious but the surprise effect is completely gone now. This is clearly not what the directors want, because generic gross-out seems to be all they have left now to keep the audience interested. There's one great moment though: there's a scene where the main character meets his dad and the part is genuinely emotional and funny at the same time. It's a brilliantly written and acted scene in a sea of mediocrity. It almost makes me hopeful for the directors' next feature (almost).

Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

5 December 2013 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Ziomale ponad lale

Filming Locations:

Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,860,405

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eyeworks Film & TV Drama

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1