The Snowman (REVIEW) | Projector | This is an incomplete film 

"if you haven't guessed the killer by the halfway point you've probably fallen asleep like the person next to me at the cinema"haha awesome. Projector is so underrated

Love your work. You deserve way more followers dude!

I can't help but believe that Fassbender is soley taking movie roles now to keep the franchise trend where he stars in it. X-Men, Assassin's Creed, Alien, This. He needs to pick some better roles.

The director seems to be lying about some of this. He says they ran out of time and didn't shoot some of the script, but elsewhere he admits he didn't notice they didn't have the needed footage until the editing process had already started. You can't both run out of time AND not realize the footage wasn't shot until the edit.

Honestly, The Snowman sounds like another victim of studio meddling. Thomas Alfredson is a great director. Even if you don't like his previous films, there's no way you can say these films weren't directed brilliantly.

Jessica Ross: Hey, Snowman! The Snowman: ...? Jessica Ross: *I* *WIN!* (Takes the money Happy Death Day made and runs off)

*Puts on sunglasses* I guess the sequels, are on ice. YEAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! It seems the director, slipped up. YEAAHHHHHH!!!!! Apparently nobody, wants to build a snowman. YEEEAAHHHHHH!!!! So the plot, was not at all chilling. YEEAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! We can conclude that the whole project, should have stayed frozen. YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! It have a chilling feeling that nobody, is going to warm up to this movie. YEEAAHHHHHHHH!!!! WE WON't GET COOLED AGAIN!!! WON'T GET COOLED AGAIINNNN!!!

2:15 "Passed from editor to editor in a desperate attempt to save it!"

This film has been SO HYPED in Norway since it was filming, and then it came out and people were just... what on EARTH is this?! There have been some really hilarious reviews in Norwegian papers x)

When I saw the trailer my first thought was "A killer who decapitates people and puts the heads on snowmen, that sounds like the plot of a straight to video z grade slasher flick not a major motion picture WTF? LOL !"

"Detective Harry Hole" Ha ha, that's funny XD Now... What's his _real_ name?

Wait....screenwriters and filmmakers thought they could tell a better tale than an author and butchered a story as a result? NEVER! :)

Fully agree with this review, perfectly reflects my opinions on the film; The Snowman is a real stinker. I'm also glad you pointed out Fassbender's lacklustre performance in this film; he's obviously capable of much better and I think a lot of reviews gloss over this point (out of deference to his previous performances?). On a side note; I wonder if this is going to be the death knell for Scandi/Nordic-noir? It seems to me that on television as well as in the cinema, it's a genre which has run out of ideas and is now something of a diminishing return at this point.

Adding "Teach you how to pronounce Scandinavian names" to my list of reasons why i want to meet you.

Phew! I was going to take my Mum to see this tonight. Blade Runner 2049 it is!

An alcoholic detective with a chip on his shoulder... not cliché at all!😩

After just watching Headhunters and looking for similar Norwegian films, this sounds like not just a disappointment but ridiculous. How could you make a straight-faced film about a serial killer who makes snowmen?! Thanks for the Jackpot recommendation, though.

Do you wanna watch the snowman? I really really don't

In other words this another "horror" movie that's going to eventually wind up on Phelous' chopping block.

Who else thinks this’ll be the next movie Ralphthemoviemaker kill it like the Bye Bye Man?

I’ll just buy the audio book and close my eyes

The weirder thing about the serious is that Tomas Alfredson should know how to make a dark comedy considering that's what got him famous. He was part of a comedy group called Killinggänget which has some of the most famous comedians in Sweden and when he joined the group their comedy turned super dark (recommend you all, if you can find it with english subtitles, to watch Torsk på Tallinn, one of the most depressing comedies you'll ever see) and his father was very famous entertainer over here. This should've been right in his ballpark.

great analysis! Really interesting inside info about it as well, always top notch work, Matthew!

"It's full of holes" So there's lots of Harry's relatives in this?

Not a single Frozen joke? I'm disappointed.

Speaking of Val Kilmer, I saw him in Long beach city college where he was showing Citizen Twain. His voice was petty off too. It's unfortunate on why that is.

You deserve an Oscar just for saying Harry Hole without giggling

As a Jo Nesbo fan I agree, this may be the worst film I've seen at the cinemas. It fails as a crime movie, considering there's no red herrings, as you mentioned, inconsequential plots keep coming through and through and all the females are either victims or pointless. (I didn't know about Val Kilmer's health problems so that explains why he's edited like Steven Seagal.) There's little to no character development, it squanders Jo Nesbo's writing and like for me, I don't understand why they chose Pop Corn as their leitmotif? (which you've guessed it, they dropped this little bit after the second scene it's brought up in because?) Like surely if you were going to use a '70s song as your leitmotif, why not do a '70s song where the main character murders people by turning them into snowman and where the main killer's M.O is marking their scene of a crime with a snowman? I mean god damn, there's a song which is literally this film and you don't use it, why? (The song in question by the by is Snowbound by Genesis.) All in all, it fails as a crime movie, it fails as an entertainment spectacle and it just fails full stop, like if it wasn't for the fact that Norway's such a lovely looking place and the cinematography of the outside scenes is beautiful it'd be a perfect 0 stars but alas I give it */*****. (Blade Runner 2049 on the other hand I give it ******1/2 stars/*****.)

Fastbender has quite a few franchises on the downfall, from Alien/Prometheus, Asassine's creed, X-men and now Harry Hole "franchise". Wow.

Harry Hole was my prison name. :-/

Yo the Snowman... JESUS BRO.

When I kept seeing trailers for this, I assumed it would be bad because of the silly premise-had no idea it had so many production disasters. Kinda sad to see :/

Funny, so many people have been saying how little Michael Fassbender brings to the table in this movie when I have to ask: apart from his role in X-Men, what *has* he brought to the table? I’ve always found him really boring as an actor.

I didn’t figure out who the killer was, because I forgot he was in the movie.

This film was amazing. You have to watch it in the spirit of Knives Out, just slightly less arch

Actually, I had no idea who the killer was, but I did with Death Day. PS, thanks for answering my dubbing Q

I always recommend people watch The Snowman because it is so bafflingly and obviously terrible yet is a top-dollar blockbuster with an intriguing story and trailer, that I believe it makes people appreciate other films more. Also because the film is terrible at its core, but not all of its other facets which is actually very impressive. Most terrible movies have garbage acting with no-name actors, a very thin & stupid story; The Snowman is a different beast altogether. -Tim

Well that’s a bummer because I was looking forward too this movie

If there was ever a new movie to do a BMB on, it would be this

Only positive I can say is the enviornment is kind of encasing and claustrophobic...for a bit

Hey Matthew, I've been really enjoying your videos ever since I saw your review of D-War.

Excellent analysis. I'm going to start watching your reviews now.

I can't wait for the documentary that describes just what the fuck was going on behind the scenes.

" do you wanna build a snow man! Doesn't have to be snowman"

After reading the book, I was SO excited to see this right when it came out. I swear the name isn't pronounced the way it seems - lol I love Fassbender but this was just awful.

Michael Fassbender is in everything. Is he a new Nicholas Cage.

Nothing quite says menace and thrills like a hand-scrawled note addressed to "Mister Police" and signed with a stick-figure snowman. Because apparently this serial killer is seven years old.

When will you be doing a projector/review on Blade Runner 2049? Or the movie is not yet out in the UK?

When I saw the trailer for this in theatres, with all those snowmen popping up, I thought it was a parody. It just looked so goofy.

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oh my god what happened to film brain its like he melted! WHAT DID THE CRITIC DO TO YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope we can get some kind of Director's Cut, or at least tighter and more competent recut in the future.

this movie fell down the Harry Hole.

If anyone sees this, I hope you all have a safe and blessed day.😊

I saw the trailer before Atomic Blonde and couldn't take it seriously. I forgot about it until now, though I didn't expect it to be this much of a mess.

Wow, I haven't watched you in a few years and it shows.

I was the only one in the theater when I saw this so I live tweeted my thoughts.

I'm guessing there's no walking in the air?

As a Norwegian, this is pretty disappointing. It's very rare that we get any kind of recognision outside of Scandinavia, so when a famous Norwegian crime novel gets adapted into its first ever international film, it's a massive let-down when it bombs this badly.

the killing series are fucking awesome

I don't like Fassbender, but what's up with his career lately? Is he in a Bad Movie Hell like Nick Cage or what? Has he sold his soul?

Children cut up their food in small pieces to establish order? Did whoever write that have no experience at all with kids? Kids don't cut their food up at all...their parents do it so they don't choke lol.

Big fan Mr brain. I’ve been binging all your videos so if your ad $ pays out a few extra cents it’s my fault

I had so the trailer for the movie TO many times on RU-vid. So much so, that I got sick of it. And usually, if a movie is being advertised that much, it's probably not very good.

if you ever bring back bad movie beat down team up with the dom from lost in adaptation for an episode and review it :P hve two british reveiwers talking a cinematic mess based on a book. give it a thought

the killer Jack Frost movies were better than this

Yaay more Matthew!! 😁😁😁

Dang, me an' mom Loved this one 😂 Good vid tho

The magical gift of corpses. I knew that snowman was a killer.

Spot on; thanks!

Hah, so a movie that received most of the funds from the norwegian government set aside for these kind of movies, didn't manage to shoot the entire script? What a shame...

It took courage for me to read the book after watching this tripe. However I found the book engaging & intriguing in its execution. Truly a shame that the movie was bastardized

"Harry Hole" sounds like a porno name. At least they wouldn't have to change it for the porn parody.

Ok. So this IS supposed to be a black comedy...? The trailers makes this movie look hysterically stupid. Because making snowmen out of dead people isn’t scary. I guess they were going for the Saw crowd.

So they Pluto Nashed it?

I enjoyed it just take it for what it is and then enjoy it. Oh and Val Kilmers character gets killed doesn't he? I'm sure the killer killed him by blowing his head off.

Do you just do project and not bmb?

I am still subscribed to your site where u do all yelling. Wtf happened? Like u much better with that high sarcastic tone!

Great review. I called this months ago when the trailer came out. Looked like trash then.

that thumbnail :')

Fart powder.

Wow 6,066 views...HALLOWEEN JOKE!!! That's creepier than this movie lololo

... ICE cold cases. #notsorry

Poor val kilmer

haha my girlfriend fell asleep next to me during this

amazing breakdown to an amazingly bad movie. great job!

So glad i didn't go to see this film -_-

wtf is that fart movie???

While I don't disagree, I liked it. But why the heck was Val Kilmer dubbed??? (PS, I think I'm the only reviewer here who actually liked it, kinda surprised)

Harry Hole 😂

TTSS? That movie is SK boring. No wonder the pacing was so slow.

The Snowman is a Batman movie, right?

The movie makes no sense!!

The Bye Bye Man,The Snowman and the Emoji movie are so bad.

I fucking hated this film, it was just stupid.

No matter what show you are doing the intro music sucks