TBS (2008)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Pieter Kuijpers

Writers:

Pieter Kuijpers (written by)
Paul Jan Nelissen (written by)

Release Date:

31 January 2008 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Not everything is love

Plot:

Johan, convicted for killing his own father and sister, escapes from a TBS clinic (a criminal hospital in the Netherlands) and tracks down his mother in order to prove his innocence.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Murder | Police | Gun | Road Movie

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Theo Maassen	...	Johan
Lisa Smit	...	Tessa
Bob Schwarze	...	Joska
Ria Marks	...	Therapeute 1
Karst Woudstra	...	Psychiater
Flip Filz	...	Advocaat Johan
Romana Vrede	...	Begeleidster kliniek
Martijn de Rijk	...	Bewaarder kliniek
Menno Van Beekum	...	Rechter
Roos Ouwehand	...	Therapeute 2
Kevin Llewellyn	...	Patiënt 1
Bing Wiersma	...	Patiënt 2
Peter van Bokhorst	...	Autoverkoper
Yale Sackman	...	Vriendin Tessa
Pim Lambeau	...	Oma

Also Known As:

Niets te verliezen (Netherlands: Dutch title) (working title)
Nothing to Lose (International: English title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:88 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

BNN TV

Goofs:

Continuity: When Johan is at his grandmother’s house, he eats a sandwich with chocolate-sprinkles. After he eats two pieces of the bread, there is a cut to the grandmother and back to Johan again -- the sandwich is complete again.

Movie Connections:

References Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

TBS, surprisingly good...

I watched TBS as a Sneak Preview in Cinema... I use to go there every week... Sometimes I get very disappointed... But sometimes you're so lucky... ;)

TBS is one of the movies of the latter category... Until recently I wasn't very fond of Dutch movies... They used to have a lot of sex in them, bad acting, bad directing, low quality... But only since two or three months ago I'm starting to change my opinion... TBS is another movie that makes me believe the Dutch can produce quality... Although the plot isn't all too original (an escaped prisoner wants to prove his innocence), the subject of escaping prisoners is quite a resent subject in Holland... The end was kind of unexpected (call me naive) and makes me think this movie might just get a place in my very own gallery of honor... :P The acting is very good... Both Johan and Tessa are very convincing characters... Directing too is done well... Although the movie is not visually stunning, the atmosphere is well set...

Liked it very much... I can really recommend it...

Niels...