Kastanjemanden - Season 1 (2021)
Alternative title: The Chestnut Man
IMDb score:
7,6 (58.885)
Episodes: 6
Playing time: 5 hour and 31 minutes
Developed by: Meta Louise Foldager
Stars: Danica Ćurčić, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard and David Dencik
Origin:
Denmark
Releasedate: Wednesday 29 September 2021
First aired on: Netflix (Nederland)
Actors and Actresses
Naia Thulin
Mark Hess
Rosa Hartung
Retsmediciner
Jacob Rasouli
Benedicte Skans
Nehru
Gustav Hartung
Reviews & comments
Suitehome
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- 749 messages
- 502 votes
Where S1 of The Killing kept us glued to the tube for twenty episodes at the time, The Chestnut Man comes to the point in six episodes. Danish-made, top actors and here too a missing girl. The Chestnut Man is a well-crafted classic Nordic Noir thriller. Which while formulaic, is quite exciting.
However, there are quite a few points deductions. First of all, the sleuth duo. I don't know who feels a little chemistry with them, but I don't. Naia Thulin (Danica Curcic) is quite er... ordinary. Definitely not Sarah Lund, Sofia Karppi or Saga Norèn. We can't all wear a glitzy sweater or be flawed as a main character, I get that. But Curcic falls short as lead. Olivia Colman could also be your neighbor in Broadchurch, but just a charismatic neighbor. To be fair, the script doesn't give Curcic many options. Colleague Mark Hess (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) gets more relief, although Hess (only surnames, huh) remains mostly mysterious. In addition, the light has been turned off in every place. You are constantly looking at a dark screen, and that quickly becomes exciting; do I see the denouement?
Enough criticism. The Chestnut Man looks nice, has a nice plot and is of familiar Danish quality.
AniSter
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- 2153 messages
- 1702 votes
Another fine series from Scandinavian soil. Great suspense, captivating from start to finish. I liked the acting, but I also completely agree with Suitehome's comparison when it comes to the female detectives. What does start to stand out is the repetitive plot in Svenstrup's crime stories when it comes to a (serial) killer. In addition, the same unrealistic actions in the filming thereof , such as detectives who investigate on their own, do not ask for support and are unfortunately still taken. Or an incredulous police chief. Or is the crook someone from the police? Well, and then there are very few killers who survive in the end. In any case, thoroughly enjoyed it with 6 parts of an hour.
FAC73
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- 46 messages
- 137 votes
Because of Forbrydelsen and Broen I did become a fan of the Scandinavian 'dark noir', but with this series I got the feeling that I was starting to get a bit satiated. We've all seen it before, a female director with relationship issues and a male director with a tragic past, but somehow it felt very formulaic and worse here not too intrusive yet. It looks nice, but 2 weeks after I finished the series, I notice that it has not really made a lasting impression.
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