Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Name: Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: March 6, 2015
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 33

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Alchemy | Release Date: March 6, 2015 | R

Summary: In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture—by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam—resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was trulyIn 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture—by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam—resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual. It was truly the perfect crime…until they got away with it.… Expand

Director: Daniel Alfredson

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Rex Reed

Mar 4, 2015

Anthony Hopkins plays the king of the hops, and he is excellent. So is the rest of the movie, a sober, no-frills account about the highest ransom ever collected up to that time — $10 million and counting. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 3, 2015

It’s a good looking film, just a tad on the dull and predictable side. But the occasional flash of Hopkins threatens, at several moments, to turn this formulaic true-heist tale into something more psychological, more pathological or at least allegorical. He isn’t really given the chance. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Mar 4, 2015

By the time the relatively brief but seemingly interminable proceedings reach their conclusion, viewers may feel like they've been held hostage themselves. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Mar 5, 2015

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken isn’t a comedy of incompetence, or the psychological battle of wills its opening scene suggests. It’s hard to see exactly what the filmmakers were going for, beyond bringing a real-life story to the big screen as dutifully and dully as possible. Read full review

The Telegraph Rupert Hawksley

Apr 9, 2015

A flabby, directionless disappointment, which only occasionally raises the heart-rate. Read full review

Geoff Pevere

Mar 5, 2015

The problem with Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, which is the second movie in four years about the sensational 1983 crime (the other was a Dutch production with Rutger Hauer as the dapper snatchee), is that it follows the kidnappers out the door instead of sticking with the coolly composed man behind it. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Mar 5, 2015

About as appealing as day-old beer littered with cigarette butts, the abysmal caper drama Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is one of those international co-productions produced for all the right tax-credit reasons and none of the right artistic ones. Read full review

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SlyL-BCSF

Jul 16, 2015

Un casting extra, et plutôt deux fois qu'une, une affiche qui rassemble Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington et Jim Sturgess pour les plus connus, avec un scénar inspiré d'une histoire vraie, ce film doit frôler l'excellence ?

Mais alors, pourquoi n'a-t-il eu aucune programmation au cinéma ?Un casting extra, et plutôt deux fois qu'une, une affiche qui rassemble Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington et Jim Sturgess pour les plus connus, avec un scénar inspiré d'une histoire vraie, ce film doit frôler l'excellence ?

Mais alors, pourquoi n'a-t-il eu aucune programmation au cinéma ?

Je vais tenter de répondre à cette question, sans rien dévoiler du suspens qu'offre se long métrage.

Sans être pour autant super-déçu, je m'attendais quand même à mieux, surtout dans la mise en scène. En effet, Daniel Alfredson n'a absolument pas cherché plus loin que le kidnapping, la genèse manque de profondeur, le poumon de cette histoire aurait dû être beaucoup plus convaincant. La présentation des cinq protagonistes ne m'a absolument pas touché, aucune émotion, aucune motivation autre que le manque d'argent n'a été exploité pour que l'on s'attache un minimum aux personnages. Dommage !

Un divertissement honnête pour un dimanche après-midi avec une bonne bière ;).… Expand