Mijn Opa de Bankrover (2011)
Genre: Comedy / Family
Duration: 90 minuten
Country:
Netherlands
Directed by: Ineke Houtman
Stars: Zoë van der Kust, Michiel Romeyn and Loes Haverkort
IMDb score:
6,1 (174)
Releasedate: 10 February 2011
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Mijn Opa de Bankrover plot
13-year-old Grace wants to know everything about her Surinamese father, but nobody wants to tell her anything. Grandpa is the only one who can help her, but his memory is failing him more and more. When the family wants to put him in a retirement home, Grace and Grandpa decide to move from Grandpa's savings to Suriname. But then it turns out that the family has blocked Grandpa's money. Grace persuades Grandpa to rob the bank...
Actors and actresses
Grace
Opa Gerrit
Birgit
Teun
Elles
Willem
Kneel
Choreograaf in nachtclub
Verslaggever bij bank
Verslaggever bij bank
Reviews & comments
tommykonijn
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- 5219 messages
- 2418 votes
Not really a high-quality family film imo. The acting is nice, but not special. The characters didn't really resonate with me. I especially thought the grandfather himself was quite a vague character and the same goes for the robbery. But the low point for me was those songs. Why did they have to go in anyway? I wonder if that makes younger audiences appreciate the film more. The film actually didn't really interest me. I found most of it on the boring side. I liked the last scenes in Suriname,but they are very short. I can't call the film bad, but it is very mediocre in almost all areas.
2*
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tattoobob
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- 8208 messages
- 2594 votes
Mediocre Dutch youth film that is normally better than this one.
This film has made room for mainly humor and drama, but I don't think it comes across very well.
I also don't find the actors and actresses convincing.
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mrklm
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- 12319 messages
- 10434 votes
13-year-old Grace [Zoë van der Kust] knows that her dad Teun [Waldemar Torenstra] is not her biological father. After the death of her grandmother, Grace's desire to find out more about her father grows, but her mother [Loes Haverkort] does not want to talk about it. And so Grace turns to her grandfather [Michiel Romeyn], who seems to have lost the thread a bit since her grandmother's death. He doesn't know everything either, but he does what he can to help Grace in the search for her Surinamese family. Van der Kust impresses in her only feature film (so far?) and the play of the children who play the helpful nephews and nieces show that Huisman is an excellent children's director. The screenplay by Sjoerd Kuyper deals with many serious themes in an accessible way, without being condescending, making this an extremely enjoyable film for young and old. The adult actors also literally and figuratively share in the festive cheer, including Leny Breederveld and Beppie Melissen – as two elderly women who stir things up in one of the nicest scenes – and Lange Frans and Yes-R, who report in their own unique way. carrying out the “bank robbery” to which the title refers. Youth drama at its best.
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