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Goin' Rectal

2018 · 70 min

A warm, funny, and bittersweet look at chasing a dream while growing up.

Directed by
Dennis Alink
Starring
Henry van Loon, Jaco de Swart, Niek Hubregtse
Overview
The Rectum Raiders are a Turbo Glam-Metal band who have been together since their early teenage years. Now years later when a grown-up life with responsibilities and full-time jobs come peaking around the corner they give themselves one final shot to get their big breakthrough as a band and fulfill their childhood dreams.

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Directed by
Dennis Alink
Starring
Henry van Loon, Jaco de Swart, Niek Hubregtse
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • coming-of-age
  • music
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Directed by
Dennis Alink
Written by
Thomas van der Gronde, Dennis Alink
Starring
Henry van Loon, Jaco de Swart, Niek Hubregtse, Daniel Polman, Jeroen van der Lee, Guus van Gemert
Cinematography
Thomas van der Gronde
Runtime
70 min

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