I liked this movie and gave it a 9 rating. Unlike many other Dutch movies the characters were real and the acting was very good. The movie very realistically shows what goes on schools and how young children cope with this. And also very important: How parents are often unaware of what's really going on. The 12.5 years old girl did some really good and natural acting. This also applies to the rest of the cast. The movie does a really nice job at playing on your emotions and it makes you realize that this movie could have ended in a very different way. The way they subtly integrated this in the script is great.
This is a movie which should be shown on each school to make children aware of what teasing can result in and how it can destroy a human life (and potentially even more). And perhaps even more important: That it's possible for one single boy/girl in a class to make a big difference by refusing to be an "innocent" bystander.
Thumbs up for this Dutch production. I'd like to see more movies of this quality.
This is a movie which should be shown on each school to make children aware of what teasing can result in and how it can destroy a human life (and potentially even more). And perhaps even more important: That it's possible for one single boy/girl in a class to make a big difference by refusing to be an "innocent" bystander.
Thumbs up for this Dutch production. I'd like to see more movies of this quality.