Ah, the Dutch. What can we say about the Dutch? They smoke marijuana and speak four languages fluently, according to Eddie Izzard. You have to admire them for that. It's a stereotype, I'm sure, but it's something I had in mind when I scheduled The Last Days of Emma Blank.
When the movie begins, we meet a woman named Emma Blank. She is apparently wealthy, as she has a staff of people tending to her every whim. She is also apparently either insane or quite a bitch, her whims are often rather absurd. For instance, Theo, played by the director Alex van Warmerdam, plays the part of the family dog. The chamber maid even has to take him outside while he does his business, and then scoop up the mess afterward.
Absurd comedy eventually turns dark. Slowly, we learn that Emma's staff is actually her family -- husband, sister, brother, nephew, & daughter -- and she's told them that if they want their portion of the inheritance, they are going to have to play along. We see the family move easily in and out of their roles and eventually turn on one another.
In the end, Emma admits that she'd lied about the fortune, and the family gets to work on putting her out of her misery, in hilarious fashion. A couple others die as well, but I'll leave that for suspense, should you have the opportunity to catch this one at your local art house theater or on Netflix. My imdb rating: 7/10.
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