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The Guilty

2018 1h 25m
Thriller Drama Crime
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.3/10
1,894 reviews
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The Guilty

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

"The crime is bigger than you think"

Top Billed Cast

Jakob Cedergren
Jakob Cedergren
Asger Holm
Jessica Dinnage
Jessica Dinnage
Iben (voice)
Omar Shargawi
Omar Shargawi
Rashid (voice)
Johan Olsen
Johan Olsen
Michael (voice)
Jacob Lohmann
Jacob Lohmann
Bo (voice)
Katinka Evers-Jahnsen
Katinka Evers-Jahnsen
Mathilde (voice)
Jeanette Lindbæk
Jeanette Lindbæk
North Zealand Shift Chief (voice)
Simon Bennebjerg
Simon Bennebjerg
Junkie (voice)

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J Jan Verified TMDB Critic
2018-10-05

Absolutely loved it - a "small" but great movie, and best proof that you don't need a big budget to keep an audience glued to the screen and at the edge of their seats. It's basically a room, a man and a telephone, and still manages to tell an intense story (and with a twist). Grim, but still has a few fun moments of relief. Fantastic performance by Jakob Cedergren, who also turned out to be a really nice guy (saw it Zurich Film Festival, and there was a Q&A with him). If you have a chance, go see it!...

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic
2023-06-15

Great stuff, I love films like this.

<em>'The Guilty'</em> is a film that takes place at just one location, something that always has the potential to hinder a film's watchability - but when it's done right, there is nothing more engrossing to watch, and this 2018 flick is just that.

I did predict where it was going, but as I always say: predictability in itself is never a negative, for me anyway. I can still appreciate what a film attempts to do and can enjoy seeing the filmmakers pull it off. The whole 90 minutes or so of this is absorbing, it's portrayed superbly throughout - terrific...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-10-12

There’s something really effectively claustrophobic about this one-man crime drama. “Asger” (Jakob Cedergren) is a cop, not without his own baggage, reluctantly manning the emergency line when he gets a worryingly intriguing call from a woman who is clearly in distress. He establishes that she is on a motorway, in a white van and has two children who have been left alone at their home. As his shift is coming to an end, he focuses all his attentions on gleaning what he can from her, her six year old daughter and from her estranged husband who would appear to be involved in this mystery to...