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  • 2011
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Summary A lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides. Eager to escape the gloom of post-war Holland, shy but sensual farm girl Ada, dogmatic Marjorie, and Jewish fashion designer Esther become become friends during the 1953 KLM flight that...

Directed By: Ben Sombogaart

Written By: Marieke van der Pol

  • 2011
  • R
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 10 m

Bride Flight

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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Summary A lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides. Eager to escape the gloom of post-war Holland, shy but sensual farm girl Ada, dogmatic Marjorie, and Jewish fashion designer Esther become become friends during the 1953 KLM flight that...

Directed By: Ben Sombogaart

Written By: Marieke van der Pol

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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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100
Jun 9, 2011
Bride Flight gives a panoramic sweep of lives as they're lived, as there is a lot of beauty in it.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 9, 2011
Best enjoyed as a lavish period travelogue whose story is dwarfed by its panoramic overview.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 10, 2011
Switching between the 1950s, the '60s, and the present, it's compelling in a middling miniseries kind of way – expansive but not terribly deep.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 16, 2011
The beauty of the actors and the ravishing landscape of New Zealand goes a long way to make Ben Sombogaart's sudsy film so eminently watchable.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2011
Trauma from WWII haunts each character, but even the historical foregrounding doesn't keep Ben Sombogaart's weepie from being more soapy than serious.
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50
Jun 11, 2011
The sort of sweeping romantic saga rarely attempted on our shores these days, Bride Flight should well please art house audiences, especially of older females, starved for this sort of old-fashioned fare.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 30, 2011
Smug and unconvincing.
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Production Company IDTV Film, Samsa Film, Nederlandse Christelijke Radio-Vereniging (NCRV), New Holland Pictures, Philophon
Release Date Jun 10, 2011
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A forbidden love. An impossible choice. A secret past.
Website http://www.musicboxfilms.com/bride-flight
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Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
Nederlands Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Rembrandt Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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