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Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow
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Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 1m
Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house begins to suspect murder because she knows that the boy was afraid of heights and would not have played on the roof. As she begins to investigate, she is pulled deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that could very well mean her death. (imdb)

Directed by:

Bille August

Screenwriter:

Ann Biderman, Peter Høeg

Starring:

Charlotte Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Loggia, Bob Peck, Mario Adorf, Jürgen Vogel, Julia Ormond, Jens Jørgen Fleischer

Genres:

Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Action, Mystery

Countries:

Denmark, Germany, Sweden

Languages:

English, Inuktitut
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Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 1m
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frederikaFrederikA
Rated 30 Jan 2011
45
24th
Oddly underplayed for a movie involving meteor strikes, evil conspiracies and murder mystery... Understandably messy for a movie involving meteor strikes, evil conspiracies and murder mystery...
Rated 30 Jan 2011
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 30 Sep 2018
50
51st
okay movie
Rated 30 Sep 2018
braddad68braddad68
Rated 18 Oct 2019
90
52nd
Beautifully filmed with a unique story and characters.
Rated 18 Oct 2019
janusjanus
Rated 17 Feb 2018
55
24th
Passably entertaining, or maybe just appealingly obscure, Scandi crime forerunner. Refreshingly few characters for this kind of story. Gets rather silly, a little too James Bond, late in the game. Strong photography is evident despite the poor quality of my DVD copy. The many glowing reviews of the novel suggest a more serious, heartfelt, pointed work than this film.
Rated 17 Feb 2018
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 04 Oct 2015
20
13th
No suspense or thrills despite being a suspense/thriller, precious little action, confusing mystery and a lot of babbling about god knows what
Rated 04 Oct 2015
shellishShellish
Rated 03 Mar 2015
83
85th
Smilla is a badass and the sound it makes when people walk in winter jackets is hilarious.
Rated 03 Mar 2015
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
80
50th
Its fascinating sense of place and atmosphere, its subtly distinctive characterizations, and August's mastery of mood, tone and understatement compensate for the fact that nothing in the final half hour can be taken seriously, especially since---as a suspense thriller made in the 1990s---that simply comes with the territory.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
baggerBagger
Rated 12 Feb 2013
71
54th
It's nice to see this as sort of a precursor to the now glowingly succesfull nordic noir, and I can't help but state that I am pretty much in love with the mood in this one, but I thought the ending just lacked the punch I felt like we were building up to. And no it's not because the plot took a turn for the weird - I actually really liked that.
Rated 12 Feb 2013
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 20 Feb 2012
62
30th
Saved only by a very nice performance from Ormond. A shame as there is a very talented supporting cast.
Rated 20 Feb 2012
tathieltathiel
Rated 05 Mar 2010
58
14th
Only Julia Ormond's performance made this movie watchable, the story and plot development are very close to bad. At times it is really boring.
Rated 05 Mar 2010
jazzalohaJazzaloha
Rated 25 Nov 2009
59
28th
I really like Julia Ormond's Smilla, and the film started off promising, but the ending was bad.
Rated 25 Nov 2009
isobelmoonIsobelmoon
Rated 05 Oct 2009
87
90th
Peculiar story very well told along with great performances.
Rated 05 Oct 2009
leshiileshii
Rated 25 Jul 2008
47
19th
Forgettable.
Rated 25 Jul 2008
stflyst_fly
Rated 24 Aug 2007
24
24th
ok
Rated 24 Aug 2007
yilbyilb
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
2nd
Boring beyond belief.
Rated 14 Aug 2007

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