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The Snowman

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Released Oct 20, 2017

2h 25m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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10,000+ Ratings

For Detective Harry Hole, the death of a young woman during the first snowfall of winter feels like anything but a routine homicide. His investigation leads him to "The Snowman Killer," an elusive sociopath who continuously taunts Hole with cat-and-mouse games. As the vicious murders continue, Harry teams up with a brilliant recruit to try and lure the madman out of the shadows before he can strike again.

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Critics Consensus

A mystery that feels as mashed together and perishable as its title, The Snowman squanders its bestselling source material as well as a top-notch ensemble cast.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

There are many sequences that left me going, "Wait, what?"

Aug 28, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

This film may well be the last gasp of Scandi-noir for the international market...this phase of Nordic has gone from original to dutiful emulation to dreary self-parody.

Mar 8, 2018

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Tim Hayes

Sight & Sound

What to make of a film that introduces Chlo Sevigny happily beheading chickens with an axe, has her beheaded herself by the killer, then immediately produces a twin sister to deliver a single item of exposition before never being seen again?

Oct 27, 2017

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

None of it proves engaging, regardless of the fine-looking production and solid cast.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 17, 2022

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

This should have been an easy win, but everything falls apart and never gets put back together again.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 29, 2021

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

A major disappointment on every level.

Rated: C

Aug 24, 2021

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kenneth z

Trying to watch it again after I fell asleep watching it in the theater. I can’t give an honest review because I’ve fallen asleep twice trying to watch it at home. Who needs sleeping pills and I’m never going to Oslo.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/19/23

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Igor S

Very boring movie. I knew something was wrong when they promoted this as having Martin Scorcese as executive producer, to give the movie some weight. But i still watched it, in hopes that it would be at least decent. I don't know what's wrong with Michael Fassbender but appart from a few good movies, he only seems to accept really weird, depressing and boring roles. Save your time and watch something else.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/19/24

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Adrian E

This movie is boring as hell

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/24

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Gerald H

what a stellar cast for such an unfathomably boring movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/09/24

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angela g

good movie great acting good ending but i wished we could see a second movie Micheal Fassbender was good as Herry hole the twist was cool but i wished they did leave some stuff out of the movie but it still a good movie don't listen to the reviews watch the movie and don't listen to critics

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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The D

One of the most uninvolving movies I've ever seen. Terrible direction, appalling editing by a renowned editor (though can't really be blamed as only had garbage to work with), disjointed scenes, unbelievably bad script. The only thing going for it is the snow-bound scenery. The high-calibre actors in this movie all made a major mistake signing up for this disaster.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/24

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Tomas Alfredson

Director

Michael Fassbender

Harry Hole

Rebecca Ferguson

Katrine Bratt

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Rakel

Jonas Karlsson

Mathias

J.K. Simmons

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The Snowman: Official Clip - A Staged Suicide

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The Snowman: Official Clip - A Familiar Murder Scene

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The Snowman: Official Clip - A Killer Question

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The Snowman: Official Clip - Seduction Gone Wrong

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The Snowman: Official Clip - A Visit to the Doctor

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The Snowman: Official Clip - The Snow Woman

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The Snowman: Official Clip - The Snowman Falls

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The Snowman: Official Clip - The Birth of a Killer

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The Snowman: Official Clip - Sleeping with the Ex

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The Snowman: Official Clip - A Missing Person

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Synopsis

For Detective Harry Hole, the death of a young woman during the first snowfall of winter feels like anything but a routine homicide. His investigation leads him to "The Snowman Killer," an elusive sociopath who continuously taunts Hole with cat-and-mouse games. As the vicious murders continue, Harry teams up with a brilliant recruit to try and lure the madman out of the shadows before he can strike again.

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Peter Gustafsson, Robyn Slovo
Screenwriter: Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, Søren Sveistrup
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Working Title Films, Another Park Film, Perfect World Pictures
Rating: R (Grisly Images|Brief Nudity|Sexuality|Some Language|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 20, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.7M
Runtime: 2h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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