Vares: The Girls of April

Vares: The Girls of April

Directed by Lauri Törhönen

Produced by Solar Films

201195 min5.3 / 10

A gritty Nordic noir crime procedural centered on a hardened detective unraveling a dark 15-year-old mystery involving murdered girls.

Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.

Questions people ask

  • Is Vares: The Girls of April scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Vares: The Girls of April sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Vares: The Girls of April violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Vares: The Girls of April easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Vares: The Girls of April end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

5/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Vares: The Girls of April

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Vares: The Girls of April

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Vares: The Girls of April, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Vares: The Girls of April, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Vares: The Girls of April, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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