Even The Snowman‘s Director Thinks The Snowman Is Bad
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No one likes The Snowman … not even its director, Tomas Alfredson.
The forthcoming crime thriller, adapted from Jo Nesbø’s novel of the same name and starring Michael Fassbender as a detective who’s hot on the trail of a very silly serial killer, has already been reviled across every corner of the internet: The film is currently sitting at a piteous 16 percent on Rotten Tomatoes (just six percentage points above The Emoji Movie), it’s being savaged on social media, and now even Alfredson has joined the dogpile on his own film.
Speaking to Norway’s NRK (via Vulture), Alfredson said, “Our shoot time in Norway was way too short. We didn’t get the whole story with us and when we started cutting we discovered that a lot was missing.” The director estimated that 10-15 percent of what he wanted to shoot was ultimately left out of the film, adding, “It’s like when you’re making a big jigsaw puzzle and a few pieces are missing so you don’t see the whole picture.”