I'm not sure whether I liked this film or not, to be honest. The biggest problem for me lies in the characters (not in the acting per se); Dutch adolescents who are put to the viewer in broad strokes while the story is playing deftly with time and viewpoints. The latter made it kind of intriguing (though the finale is a bit lame), but those 'broad strokes' make the actual drama of it all - the murder itself ánd a believable build-up towards it - not very tangible.
More than once I had to think of another film based on a real case of teens that turn against a central figure in their group ('Bully' by Larry Clarke), and how that one díd get under my skin - though it's been a while since I've seen it.
My rating should be somewhere in the middle, because it wasn't all that bad.
More than once I had to think of another film based on a real case of teens that turn against a central figure in their group ('Bully' by Larry Clarke), and how that one díd get under my skin - though it's been a while since I've seen it.
My rating should be somewhere in the middle, because it wasn't all that bad.