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Van God los: Loverboys (2013)
Season 3, Episode 2
8/10
Great Series (of mini-movies)!!
9 October 2013
In my opinion this is one of the best (Dutch) series of the last past years.

If you want to call it series anyways... There is not really a storyline that runs thru the whole series, and there are no characters that are in multiple episodes. The thing that connects the episodes, is that every one of them is based on a real life murders in the Netherlands. In the episodes you see the aspects that led to the murder, viewed from the perspective of the 'criminals'.

Every episode feels like a short film, many of them with great actors, scripts, and overall very high-quality feel. The thing that attracted me in this series, is that it often shows that killers are normal people too, most of the time driven over the edge by there surroundings. End the end of the episodes i often got the feeling that the person did the right thing by (intentionally, or not) kill other people.

It was a weird feeling, almost understanding the killers. But that only shows the power of good storytelling. And by doing such a great job at that with this series, it is really is the best dutch series in a long while.
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Van God los (2011– )
8/10
Great Series (of mini-movies)!!
9 October 2013
In my opinion this is one of the best (Dutch) series of the last past years.

If you want to call it series anyways... There is not really a storyline that runs thru the whole series, and there are no characters that are in multiple episodes. The thing that connects the episodes, is that every one of them is based on a real life murders in the Netherlands. In the episodes you see the aspects that led to the murder, viewed from the perspective of the 'criminals'.

Every episode feels like a short film, many of them with great actors, scripts, and overall very high-quality feel. The thing that attracted me in this series, is that it often shows that killers are normal people too, most of the time driven over the edge by there surroundings. End the end of the episodes i often got the feeling that the person did the right thing by (intentionally, or not) kill other people.

It was a weird feeling, almost understanding the killers. But that only shows the power of good storytelling. And by doing such a great job at that with this series, it is really is the best dutch series in a long while.
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9/10
Very clever written, great acting and a beautiful setting
29 July 2013
After seeing this complete series, i was blown away. I really felt excited about how the story onfolds a little further with each episode.

In the first few episodes there a quitte a lot of things unclear, but that just makes you want to watch the next episode immediately. As the series goes further some things become clear, but it will also raise new questions, that makes it very exciting throughout all the episodes. So for that I want to praise the writers.

The actors that have been chosen for this series are very well casted, you really can read the emotions they have from their faces, even if they don't say a word. This shows that they are enough great Dutch actors available in such a small country.

The setting of this series also works very well, the little village is very recognisable, it really fells like that type of little village where everybody knows everything about each other. That really makes it feel more realistic and believable.

For me this is one of the best Dutch series, thanks to a very interesting storyline, great acting and a very well chosen setting.
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