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    Dress, The (De Jurk)
    Genre: Dark Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 107 (Apr 2006) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Henri Garcin, Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Rijk de Gooyer, Elisabeth Hoijtink, Ricky Koole, Olga Zuiderhoek & Eric van der Donk

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 2
    DD Sound Rating: 2
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Special features include an eight-minute interview in English with Alex van Warmerdam, the trailer, and two other Alex van Warmerdam trailers.


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Image Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): HVE2967DVD
    (MPAA Rating): Not Rated
    (Rating Reason):
    (Retail Price): $24.99
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): No
    (Running Time In Minutes): 99
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 1996
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 02/28/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Alex van Warmerdam
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    "Twenty Bucks" was an entertaining film about the lives a $20 bill touched from its birth in an ATM machine to its untimely death. In similar form, this film is about how different women's lives were affected after "The" blue leaf-patterned "Dress" that was originally made in a factory, made its way into their hands and onto their bodies. (Tricia Spears)

    DVD Picture:
    This 1.85:1 DVD is not anamorphically enhanced and suffers from a softness that can send anyone to the optometrist (it

    Soundtrack:
    With a strange hum that can dominate over the audio, the Dolby

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