The Hypnotist

2012 [SWEDISH]

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 8998 9K

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Plot summary

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.

Director

Lasse Hallström Photo
Lasse Hallström

Top cast

Lena Olin Photo
Lena Olin as Simone Bark
Helena Af Sandeberg Photo
Helena Af Sandeberg as Daniella
Mikael Persbrandt Photo
Mikael Persbrandt as Erik Maria Bark
Eva Melander Photo
Eva Melander as Magdalena
720p.BluRay
1.09 GB
1280*528
Swedish 2.0
NR
Subtitles sv  
24 fps
2 hr 1 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ssto 6 / 10

watchable, with flaws

i thought the movie was quite good while watching it. it is a nice thriller, with suspense to the very end.somewhat strange motivations of the main villain, but then you probably cannot really connect to insane motives.it was kind of strange that while the hypnotist's character was well developed, with character history and family environment, the other main character - the cop, was very under-developed.apart from this and a few weak moments that every decent thriller carries in order to support the storyline, it is a pretty good production
Reviewed by Tanimed 5 / 10

Solid book, movie ... not that much

First of all, if you can read something, better do that and only then watch the movie. To see if your imagination and fantasy after reading something is near/far from something that the director had in his mind. The book itself is solid, interesting read, I love thrillers and mysteries and as a thriller there are multiple options to make you think that you know the answer. To some it might be predictable, to some like me, are let to be driven by the book. It is a long book and has some parts that could have been shorter ... but at the finish you feel good about it.The movie however, I know it is difficult to put everything in a two hour movie, plus to keep the focus and the things interesting, but the scenario is changed. There are so many good book adaptations on screen, but sadly this is not one of them. So many things are not like they are shown in the movie. That is what bothered me the most. Stick to the story! And secondly I was not impressed with the acting at all. Very frigid, yes I know the book is a little bit dark and the characters are as well, but somehow even the slightest emotions are presented very cold and robotic.You don't have to agree, after all that is my opinion. And to conclude my opinion, I say read the book. Much more fun.
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