I hate Dutch films and war movies, I loved this one

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2006)

On general I don't like Dutch movies, the acting is crap and the stories are usually not much better. Most war movies I know are very black and white, this movie isn't. If you want to see a war movie with lots of battles and a very clear idea of who's right and who's wrong, this is not the movie for you. We arrived early at the cinema and on hindsight I'm really glad about it, because it meant that I finished my Ben & Jerry's before the movie. When the movie started I just forgot to eat my popcorn. I've been crying for at least half of the movie. Mind you, it was not some romantic girly movie. With romantic girly movies I don't forget to eat. The story was gripping, the characters where real: the "bad guys" had human traits, and the "good guys" where no heroes, they where just human, trying to survive as best they could. And I mean survive physically ánd mentally. I might be a bit biased since I just came home from the cinema, but this one definitively goes on my top5 list.