Looking at a real-life crime mystery from all anglesThe Lørenskog Disappearance is a five-part crime mystery based on a real-life story—and it is suspenseful and engaging.John SmistadOlympia, Wash.The Netflix original production of The Lørenskog Disappearance is a frenetically paced five-installment dramatic crime series. It is, in large part, a vividly imagined account of the mysterious true-life disappearance of Norwegian billionaire Tom Hagen’s wife, Anne-Elisabeth, in 2018. Episode 1: The InvestigatorsYngvild Støen Grotmol is brilliant as lead investigator Jorunn Lakke. Key events playing and replaying in the mind manifesting as if they are actually happening before her in the real world, while at first disorienting, become absolutely chilling as this gripping opening episode unfolds.Lakke and her team contend with few clues, withholding details from an increasingly
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John Smistad
John Smistad is a published author of short stories, poems, essays, and movie reviews. He lives and loves with his family and cat in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. He is the fiercely proud son of a native Norwegian dad. (He loves his mom, too.) You can follow him as on his blog at thequickflickcritic.blogspot.com.
