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With plenty of dark humor to leaven the bloody mayhem, Jackpot is an entertaining murder mystery with a suitably quirky Scandinavian twist. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A man (Kyrre Hellum) tells a police inspector (Henrik Mestad) how a winning soccer bet led to his eventual position beneath a corpse at a Norwegian strip club.

Genre:

crime, comedy, drama
Original Language:

Norwegian
Director:

Magnus Martens
Producer:

Are Heidenstrom, Martin Sundland
Writer:

Magnus Martens
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 27, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$806
Runtime:

1h 22m
Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film Väst, Fantefilm

Cast & Crew

Kyrre Hellum
Oscar Svendson

Henrik Mestad
Solor

Marie Blokhus
Gina

Mads Ousdal
Thor Eggen

Andreas Cappelen
Dan Treschow

Arthur Berning
Billy

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Critic Reviews for Jackpot

All Critics (37) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (15)

Unabashedly derivative but nonetheless entertaining.

June 27, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Bruce Ingram
Chicago Sun-Times
"Jackpot" plays like an over-the-top story told by a drunken film fan at a bar: "Dude, I just saw this movie and it was CRAZY. You have to see it." Trust me, you don't.

June 27, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Brian Tallerico
RogerEbert.com
As an absurdist suspense film, "Jackpot" mostly hits its marks. As a comedy, it's less successful, stronger on sight gags than on the detective's sarcasm.

June 26, 2014 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
Certainly, a lot of blood is spilled in the name of laughs. There's only one problem with its broad attempts at grotesque comedy: Jackpot simply isn't funny.

June 24, 2014 | Full Review…

Calum Marsh
Village Voice
Blood-spattered crime comedy benefits from whip-smart pacing and quirky Scandinavian attitude.

June 23, 2014 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
It lays on lashings of crim-bickering and jauntily scored arterial spurting when all you can stomach is some crispbread.

August 9, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Catherine Shoard
Guardian
As Nordic imports go, it's hardly as offensive as lutefisk.

February 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Jim Ross
TAKE ONE Magazine
Marten's film lacks any discernible charisma or charm.

February 2, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Patrick Gamble
CineVue
Here is a mean-spirited movie about bad-hearted people in which the central question seems to be which of these characters is the nastiest of the lot.

June 26, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies
Capable, candy-colored, often giddily gruesome Euro-action from Norway, replete with lottery winnings, double-crosses, discreet vivisection and a shootout in a strip club called "Pink Heaven" with a single survivor whom the police want explanations from.

June 26, 2014 | Full Review…

Ray Pride
Newcity
It's probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens' violent black comedy Jackpot. You don't want to become attached to any of these guys. They tend to disappear quicker than cast members on Game of Thrones.

June 26, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Dann Gire
Chicago Daily Herald
Jackpot feels more like Guy Ritchie than the Coen brothers. It revels in moronic violence, unleavened by playfulness or wit.

June 24, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Mike D'Angelo
The Dissolve