电影 《家庭主  妇否定式》基于大热舞台剧《家
庭主妇的独白》改编。两姐妹和 她们的母亲原本拥有很大分歧，但是因对家、对生活的反思，暂时搁  置。  Gijsje是 一位年轻、野 心勃勃的控制狂 。她非常渴望怀孕，也非常希望在广告公司获得晋升。她的姐姐Marj olein已经结 婚，是 三个孩子的妈妈，她刚丢了份记  者的工作。不过她有了 新 的抱负，当一名接送孩子
上下课的妈妈。她们波 西米亚
的母亲Loes在她漂亮的房
子上借了不少贷款，给自己带来了麻烦。两姐 妹不想失去他们
的家庭，开始寻找拯救的方法。 
只有靠Gi
jsje想 广告的金点子才能缓解他们的财政
危机。这意味着她要与她迷人的同事Dominiq
ue探
讨“现代家庭主妇”这个概念。这 个任务比很多人想的要复杂的多。Two s iste r 
s and their mother ar e forced to set aside their differences as they refle c
 t on the live s they are living and the homes they are running.Gijsje is a y  oung, ambi tious c  ontro
l freak
 w 
ho is desperate to ge t pregnant and climb the ladder at the advertising a
gency where s
h e wo
 rks.  Her older siste
r Marjolein is married w ith  three kids an d has just l ost her job as a 
jour

nali st. Her new ambition: to becom e 
a school run mum.Their bohemi
an mother 
Loes has got herself into trouble
by takin g out  too many mortgages on her  beautiful home. Gijsje and M  arj o
lein ca nn 
ot bear to lose the ir 
family home and 
start looking fo r a way to save it. O nly the bon u s that
 Gijsje ca n ea
rn 
by com ing up with the golden  idea
 for an adve r tising campai
gn can g et them out of financial
  trouble. This mea
ns worki ng  with her attractive col
league Dominique to exp lo
re the concept of the " m odern day housewife"; a task that d redges 
 up a lot more 
than

the
 w omen ever bargaine

d fo r."No such thing as a hou se wife" is based on the p  opula r thea  tre perfo rmance
&quo
t; The Housewife Monologues".