The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,032 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
274 audience votes
Key crew
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Ann BidermanScreenplay
- Bille AugustDirector
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Julia OrmondSmilla Jasperson
- Gabriel ByrneThe Mechanic
- Richard HarrisDr. Andreas Tork
- Jim BroadbentDr. Lagermann
- Tom WilkinsonProf. Loyen
- Robert LoggiaMoritz Jasperson
- Vanessa RedgraveElsa Lübing
- Bob PeckRavn
- David HaymanTelling
- Peter CapaldiBirgo Lander
- Mario AdorfCapt. Sigmund Lukas
- Erik HolmeyHansen
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Themes
based on novel or bookcopenhagen, denmarkinuitcometarctic polar circle regionconspiracysnowmurder investigationnordic noirtense