Perfect World Pictures
Universal Pictures
Working Title Films
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The Snowman
Soon the first snow will fall, and the hunt for a killer begins.
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
- Original title
- The Snowman
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $43,203,413
tmdb76622195
Jul 15, 2023 · via TMDB
This infamous flop is a pretty-to-look-at mess of confusion, tension, and some very good performances. In Norway, Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) and his new bright-eyed partner Katrine (Rebeecca Ferguson) are investigating a series of disappearances that have been going on for years, some centered around philanthropist Arve Stop (J.K. Simmons). A calling card, the titular snowman, is left at the crime scenes, and are the signature of some anonymous letters Hole is starting to receive. Harry and Katrine go through the motions, taking advantage of the police department's new piece of technical marvel equipment. Harry also involves himself in his former girlfriend Rakel's (Charlotte Gainsbourg) life, and the couple seem to be pining for each other once again. It's never a good sign when your film's director admits that he only had time to shoot 85% of a screenplay he was handed after being brought on when the original director, Martin Scorsese, dropped out. There are a couple of scenes in the trailer that didn't make the cut of the film simply because there was nowhere to insert them in this incomprehensible story. Oscar winners Claire Simpson and Thelma Schoonmaker were credited as editors, but their expertise can't salvage this mess. The film takes place in Norway, with travels to Bergen in Germany, but all the performers speak English. The setting and character names are Scandinavian, try to stop laughing at the name "Harry Hole," but the film makers oddly went with this cast instead of moving the setting to Canada or Alaska, or hiring a Norwegian cast. On the positive, and I don't know how, the cast is great. Fassbender is seen waking up from a drunken stupor a few too many times, but his performance is very good. Ferguson is okay, but Gainsbourg turns her ex-girlfriend character into something special, and I wish we could have had more of her. Karlsson has her new boyfriend is achingly polite and naive, not quite picking up on the chemistry between Harry and Rakel. Aside from a few iffy special effects shots, the true locations are gorgeous, cold, and snowy. Based on a series of novels by Jo Nesbo (why start shooting with the seventh one?), this should have been a franchise starter, but the box office returns took care of that idea. From what I have read online, the screenplay strays from the novel on key plot points and kills off a couple of major characters who would return in later novels. It's too bad this didn't work, I would have liked to see more of this character in less convoluted, confused cases. "The Snowman" left the viewer, and apparently the film makers, cold.
Gimly
May 19, 2020 · via TMDB
Honestly, it should probably be shown in one of your early lessons in a film class. Slap on any given scene and ask the question "Now which decisions did you spot that should never have been made in this or any movie?" Honestly the only reason it even comes away with a whopping(!) one-and-a-half stars, is that minute to minute, _The Snowman_ is so bizarre, that it actually reaches levels of laugh-out-loud funny. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._
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Michael Fassbender
Harry Hole
Rebecca Ferguson
Katrine Bratt
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rakel
Jonas Karlsson
Mathias
Ronan Vibert
Gunnar Hagen
J.K. Simmons
Arve Støp
Val Kilmer
Rafto
David Dencik
Vetlesen
Toby Jones
DC Svenson
Genevieve O'Reilly
Birte Becker
James D'Arcy
Filip Becker
Jeté Laurence
Josephine Becker
Adrian Dunbar
Frederik Aasen
Chloë Sevigny
Sylvia Ottersen / Ane Pedersen
Jakob Oftebro
DC Magnus Skarre
Sofia Helin
Boy's Mother
Peter Dalle
Uncle Jonas
Anne Reid
Mrs. Bendiksen
Silvia Busuioc
Beautiful Girl
Jamie Michie
Teacher
Irina Kara
Beautiful Girl's Mother
Ben Abell
Factory Manager
Alec Newman
Mould Man
Jamie Clayton
Edda
Dinita Gohil
Linda
Roger Barclay
Arve Støp's Aide
Alwyne Taylor
Selection Committee Chairwoman
Lars Berrum
Musician
Jack Roth
Mould Man 2
Charlot Daysh
Celebrity Wife (uncredited)
Aurora Nossen
Volunteer (uncredited)
Johnny Otto
Detective Campbell (uncredited)
Bjørn Iversen
Rolf Ottersen (uncredited)
Karoline Stemre
Girl at Ulriken (uncredited)
Maria Djurkovic
Production Design
Dion Beebe
Director of Photography
John Andreas Andersen
Second Unit Director of Photography
Julian Day
Costume Design
Love Larson
Prosthetic Designer
William Conacher
Dialect Coach
Paul Herbert
Stunt Coordinator
Laura Swift
Stunt Double
Rachelle Beinart
Stunts
Tomas Alfredson
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Claire Simpson
Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Jina Jay
Casting
Jo Nesbø
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Liza Chasin
Executive Producer
Martin Scorsese
Executive Producer
Eric Fellner
Producer
Robyn Slovo
Producer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Marco Beltrami
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Jo Nesbø
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Hossein Amini
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Søren Sveistrup
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Peter Straughan
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