Canada 
Mexico 
Spain 
Ireland 
Australia 
Argentina 
Chile 
Colombia 
Uruguay 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Ecuador 
Venezuela 
Costa Rica 
Honduras 
Guatemala 
Bolivia 
Dominican Rep. Mýrin (Jar City)
1,115
Thriller. Drama
Two stories: the first is about a man breaking into a genetic database storing medical information on the Icelandic people. After losing his daughter to a hereditary disease, he then tries to trace his own roots. The second story is about a murder investigation of an old man that leads to unusual forensic evidence, uncovering secrets that have been kept in the genetic bloodline of the whole nation. Based on the eponymous crime novel by Arnaldur Indridason. [+]
| Media | Author | Review | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|
"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." | ||
|
|
|
"The disinterring of corpses makes this film almost too ghoulish for its own good, but Iceland's top director Baltasar Kormákur wraps it up in his distinctive frostbitten style." | ||
 |
|
"A satisfying, altogether distinctive piece of filmmaking." | ||
|
|
|
"It's an intriguing puzzle that held me gripped until the very end" | ||
|
|
|
"A chilling murder mystery which should do wonders for Iceland's film industry." | ||
|
|
|
"Tremendously acted and shot with memorable confidence, Jar City deserves a much wider release than it's apparently going to get." |
We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.
