The Hypnotist

Original title: Hypnotisören

20122012
2h 2min

Lena Olin, Mikael Persbrandt, and Tobias Zilliacus in Hypnotisören (2012)

A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.

5.6/10

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Director
- Lasse Hallström
Writers
- Paolo Vacirca(screenplay)
- Lasse Hallström(story adaption)
- Alexander Ahndoril(novel)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

Lena Olin and Mikael Persbrandt in Hypnotisören (2012)

Mikael Persbrandt in Hypnotisören (2012)

Tobias Zilliacus and Johan Hallström in Hypnotisören (2012)

Mikael Persbrandt and Jonatan Bökman in Hypnotisören (2012)

Tobias Zilliacus and Emma Mehoniç in Hypnotisören (2012)

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does. —Anonymous

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Genres
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Lasse Hallström's first Swedish language film in 25 years.

Goofs
The movie shows a hemophiliac being administered antihemophilic factor through an intramuscular injection at night. Antihemophilic factor is mostly administered in mornings and always intravenously.

Connections
References The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Soundtracks
Epilogue
Music by Oscar Fogelström and Niki & The Dove, lyrics by Malin Dahlström

Top review

3/10

Read the book!!!

The film is quite enjoyable but it does not come close to the book. I think this is the main reason why the movie has such a low rating: majority of people watching this film were first readers of the book. I did not expect word for word adaptation of the book, but this film does not do justice to the story. It alters and reinvent the story. It takes a few motives from the book but that's it. I was quite disappointment. Maybe I am biased and I'm judging the film in comparison to the book. But what can I say, the screen play is just bad. What it has me baffled is, why did the two authors allow the release of the movie in state as it is? If only goal was commercial success than I am deeply disappointed.

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