The Hypnotist (2012, Sweden)

Original title: Hypnotis?ren

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Running time: 120 minutes

Language: Swedish

The Hypnotist 2012 Swedish mystery movie review

After a man is found murdered in the sports centre, the police visits his house and finds his family butchered. Only his son survived the attack, but soon slips into a coma. Inspector Joona Linna is desperate for any clues to what happened, so he asks a hypnosis expert for help to get through to the kid. The hypnotist himself has personal problems and has lost the license, so he is not keen to get involved. The situation changes when his own son is kidnapped from the house and the messages left on the wall warn him not to pursue with the hypnosis of the wounded kid.

Swedish mystery film based on a novel, but unfortunately loosely based and although it keeps the original elements of the plot, the script has major logical issues and even some plot-holes. The idea, the atmosphere, the setting, the cast - they were all great, but the script failed on so many levels that the story lost most of its appeal. The potential was there, the atmosphere was there, but relying on the hypnosis as the single catalyst for the story made this movie a huge let-down.

Creators of The Hypnotist

	Lasse Hallstrom	director
	Lasse Hallstrom	screenplay
	Paolo Vacirca	screenplay
	Lars Kepler	screenplay

Cast of The Hypnotist

	Mikael Persbrandt	as Erik Bark
	Lena Olin	as Simone Bark
	Tobias Zilliacus	as Joona Linna
	Helena af Sandeberg	as Daniella
	Jonatan Bokman	as Josef
	Eva Melander	as Magdalena

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