The Keeper of Lost Causes

"There is a point in Kvinden i buret (The Keeper of Lost Causes), at which one Danish detective turns to another and asks if he’s going to write crime novels now, like all the other cops do when they retire. And so they solve the ultimate mystery: the case of the Scandi-noir overkill. The reason our screens are flooded with investigative thrillers out of Scandinavia right now is that in climates where a holding cell can double as a meat locker, once you reach a certain age, the pen is mightier than the nightstick. Individually these films are good. Many are great. Consumed one after the other however, they become repetitive, regardless of the individual author’s creativity within the genre."

"A slickly made though utterly predictable Danish suspenser."

"This is so grimly compelling that even if you want to look away, you won't be able to."

"The usual Nordic Noir garnishings of furrowed seriousness, chilly visuals and grim subject matter add a dash of flavour to this plodding crime procedural but still fail to enliven it."

"There’s an exploitative taint... making me feel yet again that it’s time for the genre to have another shake-up. Or, better still, it could take a sabbatical."

"Another classy and tense Scandinavian crime movie."

"Odd-couple chemistry and a dark underbelly keep this Danish noir adaptation compelling."