De dominee Reviews

I already saw this movie with my wife but it was a while back and I thought it was time for a re-watch. Basically, it is a crime drama based on the life of Klaas Bruinsma, one of the most notorious Dutch dealers that ever existed. Bruinsma seemed to be quite a fascinating figure and he only focused his business on soft drugs, generating millions of revenue. Apparently, the movie was not completely faithful since all the names were changed and many characters were actually combined together but it was still a pretty good flick, especially if you compare it to the average Dutch productions. Indeed, the directing was slightly above average, even though it never reached at any moment the level of such masters like Scorsese or Coppola. Still, I liked how they managed to create the time period and the slow evolution of Bruinsma towards violence, even though it was fairly predictable, was quite interesting. Above all, I really enjoyed the acting, especially by Peter Paul Muller, one of my favorites Dutch actors, but also by Paul Lammers, also one of my favorites. Concerning Chantal Janzen, a very famous musical star and TV hostess in the Netherlands, she looked really cute but was not really impressive in the acting department when so much could have been done with her character. To conclude, even though it could have been much better than this, it still remains a solid feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Dutch movies.