The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
As an absurdist suspense film, Jackpot mostly hits its marks. As a comedy, it’s less successful, stronger on sight gags than on the detective’s sarcasm.
Norway · 2011
1h 26m
Director Magnus Martens
Starring Mads Ousdal, Kyrre Hellum, Henrik Mestad, Andreas Cappelen
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
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Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
As an absurdist suspense film, Jackpot mostly hits its marks. As a comedy, it’s less successful, stronger on sight gags than on the detective’s sarcasm.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
Merely being violent and unpredictable does not make a film like Jackpot funny. Therein lies the biggest problem here.
Chicago Sun-Times by Bruce Ingram
[An] unabashedly derivative but nonetheless entertaining, pitch-black Norwegian crime comedy.
Certainly, a lot of blood is spilled in the name of laughs. There's only one problem with its broad attempts at grotesque comedy: Jackpot simply isn't funny.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Blood-spattered crime comedy benefits from whip-smart pacing and quirky Scandinavian attitude.
Jackpot feels more like Guy Ritchie than the Coen brothers. It revels in moronic violence, unleavened by playfulness or wit.
Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
Guy Ritchie may have creatively moved on from his Tarantino-inspired debut, but international crime cinema has not, as again evidenced by Magnus Martens's film.
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