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  • Summary: While a desperate, young father tries to find out what led to the death of his five-year-old girl, Inspector Erlendur investigates the murder of an elderly loner in a run-down basement flat. The inspector and his crew don't have much to go by in the investigation, but a photograph of a young girl's grave gives them a lead. They discover that many years ago, the victim was accused, though not convicted, of horrible crimes. Did the old man's past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur reopens this very cold case, he follows a trail of unusual forensic evidence, uncovering secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man--with clues knit into the genetic bloodline of an entire country. (Blueeyes Productions)… Expand

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  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    Comic, disturbing and affecting by turns, and often all at the same time. Its funniest scenes are also its most unsettling.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    80
    Jar City is chilly and cerebral but also morbidly and powerfully alive to grossness and physicality.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The story, based on a best-selling novel, has familiar overtones; but Kormakur overcomes them with stylish direction - Iceland's natural beauty looks great - and a gripping performance by Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson.

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