
When an elite crime squad's lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.... (Full plot summary below)
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When an elite crime squad's lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall.
Leave your thoughts about The Snowman.
| The LensAndrew WyattThe truly gob smacking thing about The Snowman is how fundamentally incompetent it feels, considering the caliber of filmmakers who brought this lumbering beast to life. |
| ColliderMatt GoldbergDespite a top-notch cast, Alfredson's spin on the murder mystery is painfully convoluted and thematically incomplete. |
| Kermode & Mayo's Film ReviewMark KermodeThere are many sequences that left me going, "Wait, what?" |
| World of ReelJordan RuimyI hated The Snowman. I hated it for it's sloppy storytelling, uninteresting characters, sub plot's that go nowhere. But most of all, I hated it because of what it should have been. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiSorry, Scandinavian mystery geeks: The first adaptation of Jo Nesbø's popular Harry Hole detective novels is a bumbling mess. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThe failure of "The Snowman" is particularly painful due to the quality of the talent involved with it, wasting a rare shot at snowbound noir. |
| The Tracking BoardDrew McWeenyIt adds up to what can only be described as a scorched-earth failure, a near-complete misfire that doesn't even work on the most fundamental levels as a film. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. Jones[The Snowman] is two hours of uninterrupted, snow-caked boredom. |
| TheFrightFile.comDustin PutmanEven in its imperfections, "The Snowman" is unusual, fascinating, and warranting of closer consideration, a layered thriller with aesthetic beauty to spare and forlorn wisdom into both the mysteries and universalities of the human condition. |
| Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganThe Snowman is completely bereft of either style or emotion. |