''De Kameleon aan de ketting'' is a Dutch

family film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films ar ...

. The film is based on the books of about the adventures of two identical twins and their boat, the opduwer De Kameleon. The film is a sequel to

De Schippers van de Kameleon ''De Schippers van de Kameleon'' (2003) is a Dutch family film with main characters identical twins Koen van der Donk (Hielke Klinkhamer) and Jos van der Donk (Sietse Klinkhamer). The actors are also identical twins, born March 6, 1988. The film i ...

and

Kameleon 2 ''Kameleon 2'' is a 2005 Dutch family film with main characters identical twins Hielke Klinkhamer (Koen van der Donk) and Sietse Klinkhamer (Jos van der Donk), also identical twins, born 6 March 1988. It follows the twins as they try to raise mo ...

, being released 16 years after this last film. Director

Steven de Jong Stephen or Steven is a common English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Ac ...

returned for the sequel but the two main actors where re-cast. The film also has a significant role for Nando Liebrecht, an actor with Down syndrome. A reviewer for NRC Handelsblad called the main actors ''a sidecharacter in their own story.''

Reception

The film was the 15th most watched film at its opening weekend. After a run of 3 weeks it only grossed $188,361. Performing significantly worse than its predecessors, which earned 4.6 million and 2.7 million dollars.

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