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Admirable film.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Nordic noir. This Danish-Swedish-Norwegian-German co-production is a fine example of the now world-famous genre phenomenon.Of course, many of the familiar genre traits are present, but it is a well-crafted and well- acted film. Based on the novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen and adapted by now-rising screenwriter Nikolaj Arcel, the film is shot by skilled cinematographer Eric Kress and contains some atmospheric music by composers Johan Söderqvist, Uno Helmersson and Patrik Andrén. Danish Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Swedish Fares Fares also work well together as the detective duo.

'The Keeper of Lost Causes' is neither the first nor the last crime drama you'll see featuring a bad-tempered, middle-aged cop nurturing personal suffering and who plays by nobody's rules but his own. But it loses additional points for its ridiculous villain, with his implausible motivations and his Dr. Evil-like plan to murder his victim, which predictably is foiled only at the final moment. The weird thing here is that the tone of the drama is down-to-earth, realistic, yet the crime is almost comically preposterous (and the story of how the hero uncovers the truth scarcely less so). It's definitely not the finest hour of "Scandi-Noir".

I think it's fair to say that THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is Denmark's answer to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO; it has much in common with the look, style, and feel of the Steig Larsson adaptation, although the narrative is more simplistic and straightforward as befits a shorter film. Once again the story is a mix of crime grittiness, nasty unpleasantness, historical events impacting on the present, and some dogged detectives refusing to give up on a cold case.The methods of the killer in this film are quite terrifying from a psychological perspective, adding a sheen of unique horror to the movie which comes as an unexpected surprise. Although the subject matter is depressing the film is never so, because the production values are excellent and the cinematography particularly strong. The main characters aren't particularly likable, they're too gruff for that, but they are realistic, which is what counts. Although I'm not a huge fan of Scandinavian crime stories, even I enjoyed this well-paced and engrossing tale.

I've watched this movie now because I'm scheduling a thematic channel.It is a phenomenon. The detective literature and films from the Nordic countries boom. Not only from Larsson but since the Henning Mankell's inimitable Inspector Walander. And always with its trademark: an undercurrent of social criticism.The Q department is a very good idea that will gives us good detective stories to fans of the genre. Some clichés tarnish the story: the strongly different pair of cops, the detective alone and tormented, the chiefs are always fools ... But the plot is smoother, enough to enjoy.I look forward to the next chapter: Fasandraeberne.