And just when we thought Dutch film had come of age and was professional. It looked like a Dutch classical movie, very bad. Why did he have to die? Other less dramatic, melodramatic solutions were possible. And such drama of the Esther character being orphaned 3 times! This is uncool for a children's movie. But I have to say that story and directing were worse.
Neither were the twins, but that's forgivable, it must hard to find twins who can act, are the right age and resemble the book drawings. Ester looks too old, certainly with that huge bust! This is supposed to be an 11-12 year old girl!?! And they don't look like their characters either, as were drawn in the books.
Maarten Spanjer as Gerben Zonderland looks much and much too old, while Klinkhamer looks too young. The biggest mistake in casting was the Klinkhamer Gerben Zonderland mismatch! Gerben Zonderland should have been cast as Father Klinkhamer and vice versa. I have to agree on the horrendous casting and the script as well, directing could've been better.