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21 out of 26 people found the following review useful: Enjoyable dutch movie, 5 March 2007 Author: jeroen_nooijens from Netherlands
I recently watched this movie at a Sneak preview and found it quite entertaining as far as dutch movies go. This movie is based on the novel "Aan de Haal" from Gijsbert Termaat and Tjerk de Vries, which is in turn based on a true event: Dennis P. became Holland's biggest diamond thief when he walked away with almost 10 million euros worth of diamonds of an international diamond trader.The movie tells the story about that heist in an enjoyable way, much like the movie "Vet Hard" did. If you like that movie, this one will certainly be worth your money. I found the movie to be very entertaining to watch due to its humor (loads of sarcasm by "Edo Brunner", who plays Dennis P.) and touching story. As the movie progressed, I went on to like Dennis and his motives for stealing the diamonds, this sympathy for his actions lasted all the way through the end of this touching movie.
6 out of 7 people found the following review useful: not bad, gets better in second half, 14 March 2007 Author: Qwertius from Netherlands
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Saw it in the sneak preview.It's a basic movie about a man (Dennis) that has not much success in life. He is overweight. He lost his business because is unable to use money in a good way. He is very shy around women.In the beginning of the movie he starts working at a new job, a diamond trading firm. because of his bankruptcy he has to pay most of his salary to the creditors. so he hasn't got money to live on, only a little for the basic food and clothes. He has to live with his parents again.So he starts to steal a few diamonds, he uses the few thousands he gets on fancy clothes, a new car and he goes to a sex-club. He is to shy to have sex, but he likes to buy the time of a girl, just to dance and talk to her. No sex. But he falls in love with her.this goes on for a while.. meanwhile the diamond firm gets in trouble over the missing diamonds.. he doesn't really say to the girl what he does.. when everything seems to go wrong he sees only one solution. To steal ALL the diamonds and run away with the girl. This part is the best of the movie with some good scenes. after some adventures they end up in Mexico, since that's the girl's dream.Dennis is still in love with the girl, but she is in love with a Mexican. He cannot buy her, not even with $10.000.000 in diamonds...The end is nice. It's based on a real person. He has stolen the diamonds, and has been send to jail, but since what happened at the end of the movie, he got a low punishment and got released from prison early due to good behavior..The movie ends with the message that the diamond firm payed him his salary up to SIX months after he ran away with the loot :) That's the modern information age :P the hadn't removed him from the administration files....
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