Fresh
The visual dexterity exhibited by Mr. Mortier, in his feature debut, and his cinematographer, Glynn Speeckaert, may keep you watching if not necessarily involved.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Ex Drummer
2007 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Koen Mortier
Overview
Three musicians form a band. But they're not just any musicians: each has a disability that makes them particularly unsuitable for their instrument. The guitarist is deaf, the singer is tone deaf, and the bassist has a stiff arm. They lack a drummer, and to respect the group's uniqueness, they turn to a famous writer who has never played the drums. He accepts, but begins a manipulation that will wreak further havoc on the already largely dysfunctional band.
Director and cast
- Koen Mortier Director
- Dries Van Hegen as Dries
- Dries Vanhegen as Dries
- Norman Baert as Koen de Geyter
- Gunter Lamoot as Jan Verbeek
- Sam Louwyck as Ivan Van Dorpe
- François Beukelaers as Pa Verbeek
- Bernadette Damman as Ma Verbeek
- Joris Van Der Speeten as Jan Verbeek (10 jaar)
- Nancy Denijs Cast
- Barbara Callewaert Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The flashy adaptation of the book by aging Belgian provocateur Herman Brusselmans is as systematically offensive and boisterously vulgar as its degenerate punk protagonists. Or at least that's the aim.
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice
Rotten
A thoroughly offensive and often hilarious punk requiem about rape, murder, violence, kinky sex, drugs, destruction, bad manners and rock 'n' roll -- not necessarily in that order.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
Rotten
Signaling a new low in post-modern smug superiority, Ex Drummer tries to pass off contempt as comedy and slanted lensing as creativity.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
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