I grew up with the music of André Hazes, I cried, I laughed, I belted his words into the deep of the night in Amsterdam dives, Groningen "kniepes" and Frisian port bars. Honestly I didn't know much about his life and was looking forward to watching this bio-pic.
From a storytelling perspective the movie is chaotic and unfocused. The problem in my humble opinion is that the makers felt the need to create a 'complete' picture while ignoring the main story arch which is right front and center and remained undeveloped.
André Hazes' self-destruction can be traced back to his father's vicious abuse. Not only he but also his mother and most likely his siblings were severely beaten by his alcoholic father - if we have to believe this movie. It would have been more than wonderful to see how the father-son story relationship would have developed, culminating in the ultimate revenge in the Concertgebouw.
I understand this is not the place to rewrite a movie, but, and this is the case with many Dutch movies, it misses the point and is thereby losing a larger audience who might be interested more in the story than in the cult status of this folk singer.
From a storytelling perspective the movie is chaotic and unfocused. The problem in my humble opinion is that the makers felt the need to create a 'complete' picture while ignoring the main story arch which is right front and center and remained undeveloped.
André Hazes' self-destruction can be traced back to his father's vicious abuse. Not only he but also his mother and most likely his siblings were severely beaten by his alcoholic father - if we have to believe this movie. It would have been more than wonderful to see how the father-son story relationship would have developed, culminating in the ultimate revenge in the Concertgebouw.
I understand this is not the place to rewrite a movie, but, and this is the case with many Dutch movies, it misses the point and is thereby losing a larger audience who might be interested more in the story than in the cult status of this folk singer.