BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

kosmasp It's not the three musketeers and I'm not even sure what this is based on. Though I reckon a bit of research here, will bring up a lot of that stuff, so I won't have to bore you with that. I was a bit surprised to see this coming from Holland. On the other hand, they are a bit more free when it comes to nudity (just in case you are prude or have a general issue with that, a heads up).The general swords play and the effects are pretty good. Unfortunately the German disc only had the dubbed version on it, so I couldn't enjoy the real actors voice and environment noise of the production. But it's still made an impression on me and the movie is really rock solid (for some maybe even more than that). The set design, the ships, everything screams a bigger budget than they actually had. Not to mention some very serious acting talent at hand ...

gnix1979 There is very little to fault in this movie, I love foreign subtitled movies and this is now in my top 5.This is an abridged version of the Anglo/Dutch wars in the 1700s, a period I know little about. It shows the obvious bully tactics of the Royal Navy being superior, but it shows that means nothing with a good commander in charge. It also shows the political ramblings that went on behind the scenes, and although the movie tries its best to not go on an all gore quest, when it needs to the film is shocking. Specifically the assassinations of the Witt brothers, the scenes are extremely gruesome and it horrifies even more that this happened in real life.A majority of the movie in in Dutch, but the few British scenes are in English, simply to set the tone of the movie.The acting was flawless especially Frank Lammers who plays the title role. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone.The only reason it looses one star is because at times the flow of the film seemed a little uneven, but for the most part extremely entertaining and insightful.

jafarmohammad00 One of the best dutch movie after "Black Book". Acting was pretty good. Specially Frank Lammers as Michiel de Ruyter. He is mind-blowing. Michiel de Ruyter, has definitely won a place in my heart. But I feel like something was missing.The movie has a great soundtrack, and beautiful costumes, while using a lot of real locations (which have been made to look period-accurate with a little help of some CGI).There was some loopholes but the other thing was too good to overlook those. At over two hours long, this is quite an in depth film but one you can easily get drawn into and thoroughly enjoy with its well- paced, action-packed scenes, regardless if you're into historical dramas or not. The stunning cinematography, high quality production, engaging script and spectacular performances in ADMIRAL truly make this film a biopic that would do Michiel de Ruyter proud.I highly recommend this movie. Happy watching.

kiamolav In the Netherlands, the pool of actors that can make people go to the theater is quite small. So again, we have to look at faces that got some fame from television shows, without being able to act.I was hoping to see part of the stories my history teacher told me when I was 10 years old would come to life, and maybe even make a little more sense, i.e. give some more context to cruel happenings like the killings of the De Wit bothers. I'm sad to say that this movie has some nice naval visuals, although they do not add to the story whatsoever. This movie also has the actors speak with a severe 21st century style Dutch, as opposed to something more old fashioned (compare for example the show Mr. Selfridge on how to get a more old-fashioned feel by using modern-day language).The story was a mess. I am a Dutch guy, and history to me just became more confusing: does this Willem van Orange Prins guy have good or bad intentions? What is this rivalry between 'prinsgezinden' and whatever the others where? Also, from Vlissingen to Den Haag (check Google maps), is not a short ride on a horse. Yet, Michiel de Ruyter was able to get to Den Haag in time to see the Johan de Witt die, come on!The end just has Michiel de Ruyter killed of for no obvious reason other then to get the story to a closing. This whole movie was pretty much underwhelming, bordering on disappointing.Watch 'Lek' or van 'Van God Los' (in that order) for Dutch movies that have some more quality to them. This movie is worth no more then renting or viewing on Netflix, but not the theater.