As other reviewers have pointed out, De Zaak Alzheimer is unremarkable. The movie feel like an episode of a BBC cop series, MI-5 or something of that kind. Not bad for what it is - just not particularly interesting - and a full 2 hours of it. The story is unoriginal and linear, the characters are standard, and the direction is strictly for TV (flashbacks galore and cops standing out in the rain). There's no mystery about who done what, and the whys were entirely predictable. The explication and use of the micturition gag was tiresome. Finally, what I found most irritating was the lighting - red or green bathing every wall and building in the movie, and every person smothered in blue. It just lacks imagination.
A couple of qualities I found refreshing. Hearing a variety of languages, none of them English, was cool; if I knew more about the interaction of Dutch, Flemish, and French, I might have found their varied use was a comment on the Belgian social structure. And the dark dance between politics, aristocracy, and morality was interesting but ultimately stillborn once the killing of "all the bad guys" was completed. I'd give this pic a 5 out of 10.
A couple of qualities I found refreshing. Hearing a variety of languages, none of them English, was cool; if I knew more about the interaction of Dutch, Flemish, and French, I might have found their varied use was a comment on the Belgian social structure. And the dark dance between politics, aristocracy, and morality was interesting but ultimately stillborn once the killing of "all the bad guys" was completed. I'd give this pic a 5 out of 10.