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Jar City

Play trailer Poster for Jar City 2008,  1h 33m,  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 94% 36 Reviews Tomatometer 73% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
94% Tomatometer 36 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A worn-out cop investigates a murder that is strangely similar to one 30 years earlier.
Jar City

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Critics Consensus

A sublimely directed thriller, Jar City combines murder mystery, family drama and ample bits of Icelandic culture into a fascinating cinematic experience.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Sep 12, 2008
3/5
Kormákur, who made the highly original 101 Reykjavik, is clearly saying something pessimistic about his homeland and, as a film-maker, has the means to do so to some effect. Go to Full Review
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro Newspaper (UK) Sep 12, 2008
A disturbing, bleak, multilayered mystery that will not just worm under your flesh but also wriggle inside your nightmares. Go to Full Review
Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) Sep 12, 2008
4/5
The burden of this Icelandic procedural thriller will put a chill in your bones, if the lugubrious, wind-whipped coastal setting hasn't done already. Go to Full Review
Cory Woodroof 615 Film Oct 21, 2022
This is like Iceland’s Gone Baby Gone. A, forgive the pun, chilling procedural about generational sin. It’ll make you want to lock your door, get under a nice blanket with a cup of cocoa and shut the world out. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Sep 30, 2015
B
A well-crafted police procedural written and directed by the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Sep 12, 2008
4/5
Unnerving and emotional, this police thriller has an unnerving breadth and depth, as a murder case opens a decades-old inquiry that brings all kinds of dark creepiness with it. It's like an Icelandic twist on Seven. Go to Full Review
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Theodore S Sep 28, 2018 A creepy, gritty crime thriller. It's a little too cold to fully latch onto any character or idea which keeps it from being great.
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Baltasar Kormákur

Director

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson

Erlendur

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir

Eva Lind

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson

Sigurður Óli

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

Elínborg

Atli Rafn Sigurðsson

Örn

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Movie Info

Synopsis A worn-out cop investigates a murder that is strangely similar to one 30 years earlier.
Director
Baltasar Kormákur
Screenwriter
Arnaldur Indriðason
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Degeto Film, Blueeyes Productions, Nordisk Film
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Icelandic
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 29, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Runtime
1h 33m
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