Review of The Snowman (2017) by Kyle S — 21 Oct 2017

Michael Fassbender tries to find out who is killing people and leaving snowmen behind during the harsh winter in Norway. Fassbender is given a new recruit for a partner in Rebecca Ferguson. Together, they have to work together before the Snowman killer strikes again. I like a good crime thriller, this one was just a mess. After a weird opening scene, the movie is filled with unnecessary subplots and characters. There were a lot of scenes that seemed like they were randomly placed there with no real purpose in moving the story forward. Val Kilmer shows up out of nowhere to play this drunk character with an odd voice. At first, I thought he was joking with that voice, but he was not. When you find out who the killer is, it makes you wonder how they did all of it alone. Since this isn't a superhero or supernatural movie, the logic of his murders do not make any sense. I read that Martin Scorsese was supposed to direct but dropped out the last minute. This would have been a completely different movie. But Tomas Alfredson is directing which is a big disappointment since he directed a great spy thriller in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and one of the best horror films of the last decade in Let the Right One. This could have been another Girl With The Dragon Tattoo or Insomnia, but falls short to be even half as entertaining.

GRADE: D.