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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

It was the perfect crime until they got away with it.

2015 · 1h 35m · R Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Daniel Alfredson

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Overview

The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.

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One capably staged chase sequence apart, it's not one to set the pulse racing.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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Not only is Hopkins's Freddy incomparably more charismatic than any of his captors, he's the only one who, weirdly enough, seems to be enjoying the ordeal. But maybe that's simply a matter of pay scale.

Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail
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The true story of Freddy Heineken's kidnapping is fascinating, but "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is a disappointingly superficial film in which neither the kidnappers nor their captives are particularly interesting.

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
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The sole object lesson in the true-crime drama "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is that not every crime deserves its own movie.

Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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Despite its true-events pedigree, "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is woefully captive to B-movie crime saga tropes.

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

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