The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
Despite its true-events pedigree, "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is woefully captive to B-movie crime saga tropes.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar 2015
rotten:
The sole object lesson in the true-crime drama "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is that not every crime deserves its own movie.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
5 Mar 2015
rotten:
The true story of Freddy Heineken's kidnapping is fascinating, but "Kidnapping Mr. Heineken" is a disappointingly superficial film in which neither the kidnappers nor their captives are particularly interesting.
– Richard Roeper,
Chicago Sun-Times,
5 Mar 2015
rotten:
Not only is Hopkins's Freddy incomparably more charismatic than any of his captors, he's the only one who, weirdly enough, seems to be enjoying the ordeal. But maybe that's simply a matter of pay scale.
– Geoff Pevere,
Globe and Mail,
6 Mar 2015
rotten:
One capably staged chase sequence apart, it's not one to set the pulse racing.