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Erik or the Small Book of Insects

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2004 | 97 min | Adventure, Mystery, Family

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Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, adventure fans and families. If you loved James and the Giant Peach, start here.
The mood
Tense, feel-good.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 37 min.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's in Dutch, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Erik is a Dutch ten year-old schoolboy who is studying insects at school, and gets shown and explained a bit about them by his kind and knowledgeable nature-loving grandfather, whose country estate is a good place to do so and turns out to have a book on insects, which allows Erik to pass for one night, rather like Alice in Wonderland, as a miniature man among thus giant-looking, talking insects, who discuss their and other species and their lives with him, mainly winged ones, such as bee, fly and wasp.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $771K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 643 people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gidi van Liempd

  • Jasper OldenhofErik Pinksterblom
  • Jörgen RaymannHommel
  • Lenette van DongenLeraar
  • Anne-Mieke RuytenMoeder
  • Yale SackmanRosalie
  • Hugo HaenenVader
  • Jaak Van AsscheOpa
  • Merijn van HeiningenVictor Sjollema
  • Gregor Frenkel FrankOpie
  • Trudy LabijOmie