GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

antal-wahlers Intense movie with a plot that seems inevitable. "Van God Los" (which literally means "detached from God/to secede from God" and not "Godforsaken") is loosely based on the infamous "Bende van Venlo" (Venlo Gang) whose mostly youthful members allegedly committed over 250 crimes in 1993 and 1994.The cold-bloodiness of the murders is acted out very well. It's hard to understand how a 15-year-old privileged dentist's son from the rural Netherlands can commit such crimes. The movie gives a very uncomfortable answer: That there is nothing to understand, that these things just happen because our society is the way it is.In my opinion, the original title speaks volumes about the tone the movie sets and the answers it tries to give. Whereas "Godforsaken" implies that God "left" us alone, perhaps in disappointment, "to secede from God" means deliberately leaving him behind. Unfortunately, I have no information on the writer's intention here. It befits the film to have to think for yourself about what it means to you. The film will definitely get you thinking for a long while after the credits are over.

Didier (Didier-Becu) "Van God Los" (free from God) tells the story about a gang from three Dutch boys (and a girl) who are terrorizing their neighbourhood with the cruel murders and in some way it can be seen as a Dutch version from Trainspotting. The acting is rather good and it's definitely one of the best dutch movies since ages and of course it is all quite shocking (especially when one of the gangmembers let his young brother from eight kill a man to let him feel the vibes). Still this movie has some minor points like the language (it's done in some dialect that is rather ununderstandable for non-native speakers) and God (aha) only might know why they casted Angela Schijf for this, but all by all an enjoyable movie that gives hope for cineast who do it independently.

HappyHenk Despite the fact that I'm Dutch myself, I don't enjoy Dutch movies very often. Maybe it's because I grew up with (mostly) American movies or it's just because the Dutch movies aren't so good. Especially the acting is often far below the level of American or other foreign movies. It's just not convincing.This movie however displays a high level of acting. Especially the part played by Tygo Gernandt (Maikel Verheije) is very good. You can literally see the adrenaline in his eyes from time to time.The story is about a boy (Stan) who's having a boring life and is looking for some action. By coincidence he meets Maikel. Everybody knows he's a criminal but Stan sees an adventure ahead of him. And so they become 'partners in crime'. Maikel has another partner (Sef) with who Stan doesn't go along quite well.During a robbery they 'accidentally' kill someone and when the local mafia gets to know it. They offer them a job to kill several people for them. As they get more jobs they loose their grip on reality.The story of the movie is good but what makes the movie better than other Dutch movies is the acting. So there's still hope for the future of the Dutch movies. (8/10)

maddylover Actors play reasonable, but story sucks. Many errors in the movie (numberplate of car switches in seconds, cameraman can be seen number of times in windows, etc., etc., etc.). The only good thing that can be said about it that it isn't a 'typical dutch' movie: no nude (the first dutch movie i have seen without any nude!), lot of violence and, again, reasonable acting! 3 out of 10.