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  • Jar City
  • Runtime:1 hr 33 min
  • A worn-out cop investigates a murder that is strangely similar to one 30 years earlier.
  • Cast: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
  • Director: Baltasar Kormakur
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Jar City Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score 75 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    Comic, disturbing and affecting by turns, and often all at the same time. Its...

  • 80
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Jar City is chilly and cerebral but also morbidly and powerfully alive to...

  • 75
    The Onion A.V. Club |

    Eventually, some mysteries become clear, but Kormkur's attempts to be crafty...

  • 75
    New York Post | V.A. Musetto

    The story, based on a best-selling novel, has familiar overtones; but Kormakur...

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