India, March 27 -- Does Nicole Kidman ever miss? The Australian actor has been prolific in recent years, and her commitment to working with female directors is an admirable quality (over the last eight years, she has collaborated with at least 19 female filmmakers). Even when the film fails her, she never misses a beat- rising above the material she is given. Predictably, that is the case with her latest offering, Holland, which is director Mimi Cave's follow-up to the thrilling Fresh. (Also read: Babygirl review: Nicole Kidman is a marvel in dark, sexy psychodrama of female desire)

Holland is a curious case of a film that is too self aware of its own roots, but does not know where to proceed when the plot decides to spiral. It starts of...