Inspired by the Dutch entry in the Last Great Air Race in 1953, in which pilots competed to see who could fly the 12,300 miles from London to Christchurch, New Zealand the fastest, Marieke van der Pol's screenplay reconstructs the flight on which young Dutch women were hastened to their husbands-to-be, the Bride Flight. The film follows three imagined composites as they make their way as homesteaders in a new world. Regrettably, director Ben Sombogaart's labored frame, set in present day, sets the pace for the original story, allowing it to hit only the most overly dramatic moments and burdening it with a tedious momentousness.
Read my review of Bride Flight on KCActive.com.