"Holland" Starring Nicole Kidman Is Disturbing—But Not In The Way You Might Expect
I knew I was about to watch a psychological thriller. I was unprepared for its unsettling concoction of bizarre, profound, surrealist, and vapid.
Holland starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Macfadyen, and directed by Mimi Cave is marketed as a psychological thriller set in the idyllic and (we're led to assume) oppressive town of Holland, MI. The trailer is full of bright colors, intrigue, and hints of a terrible secret. From the teaser, I expected some type of commentary on an imagined sinister underbelly of the frugal, pragmatic, cloistered world of Holland. As a half-Dutch girl who lives in Michigan, I felt the need to see what kind of mockery Hollywood was going to make of my (admittedly extra) heritage. My husband and I watched it with another couple (the wife also happens to be part Dutch). We all love the real-life Holland, MI and were intrigued by the trailer.