0/10. These gritty reboots of children's classics suck. The Snowman doesn't even come to life in this one.
Though, in all seriousness, what can I say about The Snowman that director Tomas Alfredson hasn't already said. It's a mess. It doesn't make sense. Scenes are missing. There's a subplot involving JK Simmons that goes nowhere. It just seems unfinished.
Speaking of Simmons, the subplot involves him making a bid for whatever Norwegian city it is set in to host the "Winter World Cup". I couldn't take this seriously, as whenever he said it, I just kept thinking that they didn't get permission from the Olympic committee to use their name.
And I feel bad for Val Kilmer. I don't know if it's a bad dub, or because of a surgery pertaining to his illness, but whenever he spoke it just looked unnatural.
There was also one piece of music in the film that sounded straight out of Beetlejuice.
Plus, it's quite predictable. Admittedly, I was quite distracted during the film due to my knee, but my mum was able to guess the killer, and another twist, much earlier than I'm sure the filmmakers intended.
In short: Don't.
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