Bram van der Hoeven

Bram van der Hoeven

Favorite films

  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Indecent Proposal
  • Sideways
  • House of Wax

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  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3

    ★★★½

  • The Devil's Climb

    ★★★½

  • Dear Kelly

    ★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

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  • Dear Kelly

    Dear Kelly

    ★★★½

    Depressing but clarifying.
    Most people really do not mean badly, but yet here we are...

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★

    Very sweet and pure.
    Has its heart in the right place and dares to take a good look at every single character in the film both critically and lovingly.

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  • Joker

    Joker

    ★★★★

    One thing's for sure, I'm feeling this movie. It's very, very uncomfortable. Phoenix is so deep into it that you feel ashamed for his behavior. I haven't seen a transporting performance like this in a long time. The unease is so thick, that the only moments of salvation occur when he's letting go. Becoming who he's going to be.

    There are some plot contrivances that annoyed me, and at some moments I wish they would've kept the narrative more open.…

  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

    El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

    ★★★★

    This was an unexpected move from Gilligan. How do you add to something that almost seemed perfect? Well, this is how you do it. It didn't take away anything from the original ending, while managing to give Jesse - arguably the show's moral center - an ending he deserves. The movie feels like Jesse's own little movie, in *his* universe, while Breaking Bad was mainly Walt's universe.
    The story plays in classic BrBa fashion, giving you a lot of tension…

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