Loonies

– Loonies is a touching comedy about five psychiatric patients who are forced to exchange their famili..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Original Name:
Loenatik de Moevie
Loonies (2002) - Also known as Loenatik de Moevie

Loonies is a touching comedy about five psychiatric patients who are forced to exchange their familiar surroundings for an old-fashioned, impersonal institution. Partly because of the severe regime of a dreadful nurse, the five decide to escape from their new home and go back to the old one under their own steam. After a drastic confrontation with the 'normal' outside world that results in fighting and panic, the group breaks up. Each of the five patients realise their dreams individually, but ultimately they decide to choose for each other and the familiarity of their own place. Loonies is a film with light-hearted and cheeky humour that, in a moving way, takes us into the pleasantly disturbed world of five somewhat romanticised psychiatric patients.

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Release Date:

10 Oct 2002

Language:

Dutch

Director:

Bobby Eerhart

Writer:

Karin van Holst Pellekaan, Martin van Waardenberg

Main Actors:

Karin van Holst Pellekaan, Martin van Waardenberg, Dick van den Toorn, Judith Bovenberg

Plot:

Loonies is a touching comedy about five psychiatric patients who are forced to exchange their familiar surroundings for an old-fashioned, impersonal institution. Partly because of the severe regime of a dreadful nurse, the five decide to escape from their new home and go back to the old one under their own steam. After a drastic confrontation with the 'normal' outside world that results in fighting and panic, the group breaks up. Each of the five patients realise their dreams individually, but ultimately they decide to choose for each other and the familiarity of their own place. Loonies is a film with light-hearted and cheeky humour that, in a moving way, takes us into the pleasantly disturbed world of five somewhat romanticised psychiatric patients.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10