The Snowman has a keen fetish for severing body parts, with the killer specifically preferring to replace them with snowmen. The film expresses the motif of segmentation often. Images courtesy Universal Pictures.
3/10 The tagline for The Snowman reads, “I gave you all the clues,” which is ironic, since director/executive producer Tomas Alfredson couldn’t give us all of the scenes.
In Oslo, Norway, detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) — hahahaha, his name is Harry Hole! — shambles around the snowy city streets in a permanent alcoholic stupor. An ace detective despite his addiction, he tags along with new transfer Katrine Bratt (Rebecca Ferguson) on a missing persons report that turns out to be connected to a gruesome serial killer who targets single mothers and leaves snowmen at the scenes of his crimes.
Concurrent with the case, Hole deals with the complicated relationships with his ex-girlfriend Rakel Fauske (Charlotte Gainsbourg), her teenage son Oleg (Michael Yates) and her current boyfriend, Mathias Lund-Helgesen (Jonas Karlsson). Oleg doesn’t know who his biological father is, but looks up to Hole, who was dating Fauske during Oleg’s formative years.
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