The Autopsy of Jane Doe

"Every body has a secret."

2016 1h 26m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 4,921

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Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

“Every body has a secret.”

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Cast

Emile Hirsch
Austin Tilden
Brian Cox
Tommy Tilden
Ophelia Lovibond
Emma
Olwen Catherine Kelly
Jane Doe
Michael McElhatton
Sheriff Sheldon
Parker Sawyers
Officer Cole
Jane Perry
Lieutenant Wade
Mark Phoenix
Louis Tannis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Ian B. Goldberg, Richard Naing
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by André Øvredal, shot by Roman Osin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Saunder Jurriaans. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Gvozdas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox and Ophelia Lovibond carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

André Øvredal directs. Roman Osin behind the camera. Saunder Jurriaans scores. Peter Gvozdas cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 10 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Directed by André Øvredal, shot by Roman Osin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Saunder Jurriaans. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Peter Gvozdas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Emile Hirsch and Brian Cox and Ophelia Lovibond carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Every body has a secret.".
10IMDB entry: tt3289956 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "parent child relationship", "supernatural", "crematorium", "autopsy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Roman Osin
Original score: Saunder Jurriaans
Editing: Peter Gvozdas
Production design: Matt Gant
Costume design: Natalie Ward
Makeup / hair: Lisa Pemberton
VFX supervisor: Stephen Coren
Sound: Christian Conrad
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $6,170,043
Return: 154% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

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Madsen72017-02-17
★ 8/10
From director André Øvredal (Trollhunter) comes one of the best horror movies of 2016, The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Suspenseful, clever and creepy from start to finish this horror movie follows the story of father and son (played by Brain Cox and Emile Hirsch), both coroners, as they experience unexplained and paranormal events while examining the body of an unidentified woman (played by Olwen Kelly). Execution is superb, from directing, editing, camera-work, color grading, sound editing, dialogue. Movie also features some fine acting, most notably from Brian Cox (no surprise there) There is not a single moment where I felt bored, tension is always present and creepy atmosphere makes it very enjoyable. Also scares don't feel forced but rather real and well earned. Maybe couple of shortcomings or sins here and there prevent it to be a masterpiece, but it is still a very damn good movie. Simple story skillfully executed. Horror is not dead, it is still here and very alive, you just need to have passionate and talented people working behind the cameras.
Gimly2017-04-04
★ 7/10
But satisfaction brought it back. Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time.
Reno2017-06-26
★ 7/10
The one corpse no coroner want to mess with! And this is something different. Actually, no films are different these days, but it has succeeded to shape differently with an already known platform. Except the small parts of the opening and the ending, the rest of the story takes place in a postmortem room and its building. It is a one night story and revolves around two characters, a coroner father and his assistant son. After receiving an unidentified body to examine, the son decides to stay back with his dad by dropping out the plan to go a date with his girlfriend. As the procedure begins, the night goes on. But at the half way through, they begin to experience the strange events. And once it goes beyond their hands, they try to survive the threads that come their way which pretty much the rest of the film. A short and sweet horror. I mean no sweet, but very effective theme. There are lots of things you won't understand, even the film does not explain them for us. But if you sit back and think about them after you have watched it, you would get many perspectives, like about the corpse, and what happened at the end. I could have revealed mine in here, but it would only spoil your watch if you are yet to see it. Overall, there's nothing serious you are going to miss any details. Except one question that nobody sure about is who is/was Jane Doe, I mean her background story that linked to this film event. Only a prequel would explain that. So I hope they make one quickly. Meantime, don't miss it if you're looking for a decent horror film. Because it's much better that any recent horrors. 7/10