The Keeper of Lost Causes

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Movie Info

Police inspector Carl Morck and his assistant investigate a cold case involving a missing woman.

Genre:

drama, crime, mystery & thriller
Original Language:

Danish
Director:

Mikkel Nørgaard
Producer:

Jonas Bagger, Madeleine Ekman, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Maria Köpf, Louise Vesth
Writer:

Jussi Adler-Olsen, Nikolaj Arcel
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 6, 2016
Runtime:

1h 37m
Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments

Cast & Crew

Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Carl Mørck

Fares Fares
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Marie-Louise Coninck
Ulla

Marijana Jankovic
Tereza

Morten Kirkskov
Lars Bjørn

Betina Grove Ankerdal
Lis

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Critic Reviews for The Keeper of Lost Causes

All Critics (28) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (8)

A darkly compelling, skillfully crafted cold case thriller.

June 23, 2016 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
[An] expertly plotted Nordic noir.

June 16, 2016 | Full Review…

Ken Jaworowski
New York Times
Although each of the first three films tells a full, discrete story, they work best cumulatively, as the ongoing adventures of one cranky, conscientious cop.

June 16, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Noel Murray
AV Club
A grim story involving a missing woman is competently told, but there is no disguising the utterly routine nature of the material.

August 29, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
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.

August 29, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Trevor Johnston
Time Out
This convoluted and unremarkable Scandi thriller at least boasts an endearingly taciturn lead in Nikolaj Lie Kaas.

August 28, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Little White Lies
...those with a blood lust for Scandinavian crime dramas that must be sated, will be entertained.

May 26, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Dan Brightmore
NME
The Keeper of Lost Causes is genuinely gripping, even though the direction is fairly standard and the main plot elements are predictable.

June 7, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Alexa Dalby
Dog and Wolf
For all its familiarity and brooding Scandinavian characters, The Keeper of Lost Causes is still a well-presented good yarn.

September 8, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Francesca Rudkin
New Zealand Herald
While I enjoyed the traditional greyness and the abused whippet blondes, this feels more like a thin episode of CSI: Copenhagen than anything that resembles a film.

February 28, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Camilla Long
Sunday Times (UK)
[A] grim treat, mining suspense and urgency from intensely plotted dual timelines of brutal criminality. A must for fans of rumpled, cynical, bitter detectives.

April 15, 2016 | Full Review…

MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
The climax is ultimately predictable, but Nrgaard and writer Nikolaj Arcel do manage to ratchet up some tension in the final third.

December 4, 2015 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for The Keeper of Lost Causes

Nov 01, 2014

Deeply average and decidedly televisual cold-case procedural.

Daniel P Super Reviewer
Jul 31, 2014

Good crime story, rather ingeniously unravelled.

hawk l Super Reviewer
Jul 24, 2014

This movie is rather clichéd and has scenes and characters reminiscent of other major Scandi crime pieces: the Killing, Wallander, Borgen. As is so often the case, the victim is an attractive female who has to suffer: this is becoming nasty and uninteresting. The crime is implausible. The interiors of the police station look improbably grotty. The film is fairly predictable, even the little jokes. If you are looking for more Scandi crime, and don't insist on originality or subtlety, then this will fill in the time for you, and it looks like it will be the first episode in a series.

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