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Cool! (2004) -- Trailer for this drama set in a juvenile detention center

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Director:
Theo van Gogh
Writers:
Theodor Holman (writer)
Gijs van de Westelaken (writer)
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Release Date:
16 September 2004 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance more
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
This could be cooler! more (2 total)

Cast

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Fouad Mourigh ... Abdel
Farhane El Hamchaoui ... Mohammed
Jones Kruijne ... Hamid
Remco Alberts ... Jacky
Julien de Roover ... Jeffrey
Katja Schuurman ... Mabel

Johnny de Mol ... Prof
Steve Hooi ... Simon
Thijs Römer ... Rob
Gijs Naber ... Bert
Jaffar Reynold Nicolaas ... Bo
Illias Aâziz ... Henk
Najim Laoukili ... Najib
Lore Dijkman ... Tara
Gerrit Zalm ... Bankdirector
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
Netherlands
Language:
Dutch | English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Netherlands:12
Filming Locations:
Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands more
Company:
Column Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The movie was really filmed at Glenn Mills, the juvenile detention facility featured. Some of the actors were real juvenile delinquents. They were cast as part of a program to get juvenile delinquents back on the right path through work, in this case acting. Several of them also appeared in Theo van Gogh's 06/05 (2004) and have since pursued an acting career. more
Movie Connections:
References Zatôichi (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Utopia more

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14 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
This could be cooler!, 17 September 2004
Author: Joel from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Since the last movie I had seen from this director my expectations were more than met, but this time Theo van Gogh made a huge mistake to think that you can make a good movie that will impress people by giving young juveniles the opportunity to play a part in a sort of hard life thug story. Another huge disappointment is Johnny de Mol for playing the lead in this movie as the boss of some kind of gang. This guy for sure can't act and really has no feeling for timing.

The point of the story is that you have a group of though boys looking for a lot trouble by robbing a bank (an attempt) They get caught and put in a sort of special school for boys that don't fit in society, here they learn about some things like having respect and dignity for their fellow citizens and to make something good out of life. The movie gives you a unsatisfied feeling because it is more like a commercial for this type of schools and it seems that the director wants to give out some kind of signal to young kids for staying out of trouble but brings the message with a utterly boring story.

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