
Reviews — The Postcard Killings
Audience write-ups from TMDB
Filipe Manuel Neto
Movies about serial killers keep getting made, some of them good, others not so much. It feels unnecessary to list examples; most people who read this have probably watched at least ten already. This is another one, adapted from Scandinavian material that I'm unfamiliar with but would like to explore and locate. To be honest, I’m hoping the original source material is better than what ended up on screen... The fil…
CinemaSerf
Following the death of his daughter on her honeymoon, a grieving detective named “Kanon” (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) becomes involved in the inquiry. He soon finds out – with the help of Swedish reporter "Dessie" (Cush Jumbo) – that this isn’t an isolated incident, even though the person responsible stages the victims to resemble elements from well-known artworks. Simultaneously, Naomi Battrick and Ruairi O'Connor are trav…
r96sk
I’m definitely a Jeffrey Dean Morgan fan, but this film isn’t very good. *The Postcard Killings* has the potential to be exciting, given its mystery plot which sends characters all over Europe. Sadly, it feels incredibly slow and boring throughout. It's not awful, exactly; it just lacks energy, which really hurts this movie from 2020. Morgan delivers a decent performance, but I was hoping for more—sometimes he …
JPV852
I’m usually drawn to crime-drama shows—that's why I used to watch CSI and Criminal Minds when they aired. But this version of the James Patterson/Liza Marklund story has issues with its editing, and the dialogue feels carelessly written. A few moments managed to catch me off guard, but for the most part, it just moves along at a sluggish speed. It would have been really hard to get through without Jeffrey Dean Morgan…


