Freddy Heineken (2013) User Reviews

Excellent acting, engrossing scenario and beautiful photographer

[gzeeman · 10/10 · 3 March 2013]

The series gives a good insight in the life of Freddy Heineken, the head of a multinational and family concern that produce premium beer Heineken. It shows a life of not only a flamboyant head of industry but also a surprisingly fascinating private life. Acting is of high quality, with an absolutely outstanding performance Thom Hoffmann. He shows in a natural way the emotions of a proud and ambitious man that is confronted with situations that have a deep impact on his personal life. Photography in the colors of the sixties is brilliant, with a lot of brown beige tones. It is really a great pleasure to absorb the beautiful pictures and get lost in the that era. In the series story lines alternate in a natural way that add to the whole story becoming more interesting and giving a better understanding of the life of Freddy Heineken.

Not what I expected

[FrankNSteinSinatra · 5/10 · 21 June 2019]

A well done mini-series, this might be mini-series for you. I did not like the content. First of all, the Dutch-speaking movie earns it's 5/10, maybe even more. But what I would like to tell about here is the collision between the character shown and my expectations. In the cover of DVD we are promised to see a story of "a genius". Furthermore some dutchman told me that Heineken was the very first business boss who started to protest against global exploitation system: that was the reason he was kidnapped. While watching I did not find a hint of a genius or romantic hero, just a playboy who played also piano and made some compositions as well. And he conquered global beer market behaving tyrannically like archetype of ruthless visionair (Steven Jobs etc). So politically speaking, there is no a genius Freddy Heineken who fights under the sign of red star (communism) and environmental values (green colour of the beer company). Purely coincidental, not the fault of the movie.