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Starring:
Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Derek De Lint, Christian Berkel, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Halina Reijn, Peter Blok, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers, Matthias Schoenaerts, Johnny de Mol, Xander Straat, Halina Reijn, Dolf de Vries, Michiel Huisman
Directed By:
Paul Verhoeven
Written By:
Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
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Black Book (2007)
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Movie Review by Daniel
July 29th, 2007
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BLACK BOOK (Dir. Paul Verhoven, 2007) Verhoven's first movie in 6 years is a far cry from the glib futuristic satire of ROBOCOP (1987)and definitely the glib psycho sexual trash thriller BASIC INSTINCT(1992). Rachel Stein (Carice Van Houten) hides from Nazi's in 1944 Netherlands hiding her Jewish-ness under a blond curly dye-job and behind her charm which is the sole saving grace of this tedious over-stated film. Van Houten whose character is a former singer (and she does sing beautifully in the only scenes that register emotion) becomes embroiled in a plot by the resistance to infiltrate the SD (Sicherheitsdienst-Security Service) office run by officer Ludwig Mntze (Sebastian Koch) who is apparently a lovable Nazi therefore she falls for him. The plot thickens when members of the resistance may be as untrustworthy as their enemy. After all the close calls and near-scrapes with Nazi's it's hard to care who double crossed who and for what purpose. With an almost complete lack of directorial style and affecting acting edge in an almost CATCH 22 way - it's impressive at how unimpressive BLACK BOOK is.
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