Het Bombardement

Het Bombardement Dutch for The Bombing is a 2012 Dutch film directed by Ate de Jong and produced by San Fu Maltha, starring Jan Smit and Roos van Erkel. The film story line begins shortly before the Bombing of Rotterdam and concerns the story of an impossible love between a young boxer Smit and an engaged girl Van Erkel as the Second World War reaches the Netherlands. The film was critically panned following its release.

The film received negative reviews. Several critics attacked the films plot, which was said to be a bad imitation of the story line of Titanic 1997. Both concerned an impossible love between a lower class boy and an upper class girl already engaged to wealthy but unloving older man culminating in a dramatic disaster. Others considered many of the characters to be stereotypes and criticized the film for its corny dialogues, bad acting and predictability, the De Telegraaf finding the romance plot to be as predictable as the bombing itself. The film also provoked public outcry from several survivors of the Rotterdam bombing, who were offended that the bombing was used as a mere plot element for a simplistic romance film. The Algemeen Dagblad called the film poorly made and offensive to the victims of the bombing with a Belgian critic going on to say that watching the film was the worst experience in his life.

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