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With the recent thriller series Blood Sacrifice breaking out as a global hit on Netflix, the Nordic Noir genre remains as popular as ever. It first spiked around 15 years ago, when Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy became something of a cultural sensation and spawned a series of well-received Swedish movies that turned Noomi Rapace into a star. This was followed by David Fincher’s English-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which grossed nearly $300 million globally. In recent years, Nordic Noir has mostly been restricted to streaming series, with Blood Sacrifice being one of the most recent examples. However, an attempt was made to replicate The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s success with an ill-fated movie in 2017.
The film in question was based on a bestseller by Jo Nesbø and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson. However, a rushed schedule led Alfredson to disown the final cut, and the movie tanked at the box office with terrible reviews. It starred Michael Fassbender in the lead role of detective Harry Hole, with Rebecca Ferguson, Val Kilmer, and J.K. Simmons playing supporting parts. Interestingly, the property was rebooted as a Netflix streaming series titled Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole, released earlier this year.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Netflix Character Would Be Your Best Friend? Dustin · Emily · Wednesday · Gi-hun
Some friends drag you out of the house. Some sit with you on the worst night of your life. Netflix has written both, plus the one who tells you the truth you have been avoiding all week. Answer eight quick questions about how you actually do friendship, and find out which of them was always going to end up in your corner.
🧢Dustin(Stranger Things)
🗼Emily(Emily in Paris)
🕷️Wednesday(Wednesday)
🟢Gi-hun(Squid Game)
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01
How do you usually end up making a new friend? The origin story says a lot about the friendship that follows it.
AWe got loud about the same obsession and never stopped. BThey invited me somewhere before we had properly met. CWe bonded over disliking exactly the same thing. DThey noticed I was struggling and stayed with me.
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02
What is a perfect Saturday with your best friend? Friendship is mostly built out of very ordinary hours.
AA ridiculous plan neither of us should attempt. BSomewhere new, photographed heavily, ending very late. CSomewhere quiet, few people, zero small talk. DSomething simple, and a conversation that actually matters.
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03
You call them at two in the morning. What happens? This is the real test of a friendship, and everybody knows it.
AThey are already putting their shoes on. BThey answer instantly and turn it into a plan. CThey answer and say something unflattering and true. DThey listen for an hour and never check the time.
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04
What do you want from them when you are clearly wrong? The best friendships are the ones that survive being corrected.
ASupport first. We can review the mistake later. BA relentlessly positive reframe of the entire disaster. CThe blunt version. Do not soften it for me. DPatience, and no judgment about how I got here.
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05
What do your friends actually value about you? The friend you attract says something about the friend you are.
AI am all in, always, about everything. BI can turn almost any situation into a good time. CI say the thing nobody else in the room will. DI look after whoever is having the worst day.
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06
You have a falling out. How does it go? How a friendship repairs itself matters more than how it breaks.
ALoudly, briefly, then back to normal by Tuesday. BThey apologise first, enthusiastically, with a gift. CCold silence, then one dry joke that fixes everything. DWe talk until we both understand what actually happened.
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07
What do you actually need a best friend for? Everybody is missing something. The right friend fills that gap.
ATo make my life bigger than it would be alone. BTo push me out of the house and into my own life. CTo catch me when I start lying to myself. DTo be the person who never gave up on me.
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08
Ten years from now, what keeps the two of you close? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who you get.
AWe would still drop everything for each other, instantly. BWe still make plans, and we still actually go. CWe still cut through each other's nonsense in one sentence. DThey stood by me once when it cost them something.
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The Group Chat Has Spoken Your Best Friend Is…
Four Netflix characters, four completely different ways of showing up for somebody. This is the one who fits how you actually do friendship, and what having them in your life would be like.
Dustin Henderson
You do not do friendship at half volume, and neither does he. What you want is somebody who says yes to the plan before you have finished describing the plan.
- Dustin is the friend the entire show runs on: loyal past the point of sense, enthusiastic about everything, and incapable of leaving anybody behind.
- You have the same instinct. Your friendships are loud, specific and slightly ridiculous, and they last for decades because of it.
- He is also the one person who would take your strangest interest completely seriously, which is far rarer than it sounds.
- You would have a group chat. It would never once be quiet.
Emily Cooper
You are the friend who makes things happen, and so is she. Together you would be mildly exhausting to everyone around you and completely delighted with yourselves.
- Emily treats an ordinary Tuesday as something that could be turned into an occasion, which is either the best or the worst quality in a friend depending on your energy levels.
- You share her refusal to sit still. Neither of you has ever accepted a night in when something was happening somewhere else.
- She is far more loyal than people give her credit for. She defends her friends loudly, publicly, and occasionally before checking the facts.
- She would post the photo without asking. You would forgive her, because it is a very good photo.
Wednesday Addams
You have no patience for pleasant lies, and she has no ability to tell them. What looks like coldness from the outside is the most reliable friendship on this list.
- Wednesday never says a kind thing she does not mean, which makes the rare ones count for an enormous amount.
- You would rather be told the truth than be made comfortable. She is constitutionally incapable of offering you anything else.
- Underneath all of it she is ferociously protective. She simply refuses to make a performance out of caring.
- Do not expect a birthday message. Do expect her to ruin anyone who wrongs you.
Seong Gi-hun
You look after whoever is having the worst day. So does he. It is the least strategic way to move through the world and the best possible quality in a friend.
- Gi-hun is not the strongest player in Squid Game, or the cleverest. He is the one who keeps choosing to protect somebody else, over and over, at genuine cost to himself.
- You have the same instinct. You notice who is struggling and you stay with them, long after anybody would blame you for leaving.
- He is a flawed friend, and that is part of why it lands. He lets people down, then comes back and tries again, which is more than most manage.
- He would give you his last chance and never once mention that he had done it.
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The Movie Holds a 7% Rotten Tomatoes Score
But we’re talking about the movie adaptation The Snowman. Produced on a reported budget of $35 million, the film grossed a little more than $43 million at the worldwide box office and put an end to any franchise plans that Universal may have had. It now holds a 7% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “A mystery that feels as mashed together and perishable as its title, The Snowman squanders its bestselling source material as well as a top-notch ensemble cast.” The movie was recently added to Paramount+, which also hosts Fassbender’s spy thriller series The Agency. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

Release Date October 20, 2017

