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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company:

BNN TV

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the beginning of the movie, the Court decides that Johan has to go to the longstay-setting. In reality, it is not the court that takes that decision. It is the Minister of Justice (Minister van Justitie).

Movie Connections:

References Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Great acting and good plot, fantastic movie

I love this movie! The acting is great and the plot is very good. Theo Maassen plays a strong main character which draws you in. You begin to like him, but he plays is very subtle and you feel his edges from the beginning. It's a guy you're not sure if you can trust him or not. Was he wrongfully convicted or is he the beast that others perceive him to be. It gives the movie a strong foundation and he maintains a great performance throughout. A couple of others in the theater weren't able to totally separate his movie character from his career as a comic, resulting in some laughs in the audience in some strange places in the movie. Nothing to blame on Maassen though, he did great. The girl in this movie is brilliant. It's the first role of Lisa Smit (only 13 or 14 herself) and she plays her character very well. She is a typical teenager, with all the problems and issues that girls have at that time in their lives. The plot of the movie had a nice pace and the tension is built up nicely. There is never a dull moment and almost all plot twists are believable. Only problem I had was a strange scene involving a group of journalists. The way they behaved seemed a bit contrived and purely there to help the story forward. They didn't fall in the current Hollywood trap of making a movie too long, it's perfect as it is, an hour and a half of pure entertainment.