The Snowman (2017)

R rated

Director:         Tomas Alfredson
Screenwriters: Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, Søren Sveistrup

Novel by:         Jo Nesø

DISCLAIMER:  I have only seen the trailer NOT the movie.  Reviews have been almost all bad.



Superior cast, popular book, intriguing trailer and still no good? This is a series of 10+ books on the lead character that Michael Fassbender portrayed. Actually The Snowman is book#7 in the series. With all that material, a beginning screenwriting/editing class could have put together an adequate 2 hour movie. What went wrong with the transition of this popular book into incomplete (director has said that he did not film the entire script) an unpopular movie would probably make a better film.


Forget about North Korea, Norway (home of Jo Nesbø author of successful thriller series which includes, The Snowman) must be furious with us. Regarding the odd dubbing of Val Kilmer's voice, he is denying cancer diagnosis, but who knows. Whether he needed the payday or not he and a lot of other talented actors were all tossed into a metaphorical icy lake...currently (10/24/17) movie is at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.