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I am not exactly a detective-type but 20 minutes into the first episode I knew who the bad guy was. I endured through the entire show just to maybe be proven wrong but no, my initial guess was correct and I am not happy about it. The Glass Dome is easily the worst Scandinavian crime series I have ever seen. Now, there are another three hundred characters to reach the minimum count for this review so I am thinking hard what else to write, other than what's been already said. Oh, I know now: while watching the episodes, I could hone my Swedish a little and this is how I end my review: Det här var ett väldigt dåligt tv-program.

As the title says: this remake is a visually striking piece of cinema work, yet it is beyond me how and why Eggers found making yet another version of Nosferatu a good idea. And what baffled me most of all here is having Bill Skarsgård, who is otherwise a great actor, cast as the Count. The way I see it, in this role it was impossible for him to deliver a great performance so instead he must have opted for farce; his Orlok sounds ridiculous and feels overacted - as for his looks, I am sure Eggers wanted something extra terrifying, but alas, for me at least, Skargård's Orlok feels like one of Sacha Baron Cohen' s less brilliant impersonations. So much talent was wasted here.

I loved every bit of this movie. A well balanced, superbly written story that speaks to the viewer on multiple levels. The acting, setting, dialogues are all authentic, just like the players, who all, without exception, deliver outstanding performances.

There's also a lot to learn here about orthodox Jewish rituals but don't be misled: while these scenes are very important, for more than one reason in this film, this story is not trying to be a showcase of what's what in Jewish religion.

A deep, emotionally supercharged, laugh and cry experience: that's what the Levkoviches have given me. Thank you so much. I look forward to future works of director Ádám Breier.