Overview
A private investigator stumbles upon a chilling mystery hidden in a grill-station kitchen, uncovering secrets that go beyond the menu.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- deadpan
- grotesque
- sardonic
- dark comedy night
- crime film marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The investigation unfolds around an Austrian grill station and its tightly bound local community, with dialect and Alpine surroundings shaping the atmosphere.
The discovery that suspect meat is entering the grill station's food supply gives the murder mystery its grotesque comic signature.
The case is entangled with the Löschenkohl establishment and its family affairs, making private loyalties part of the investigation.
The familiar setting of a roadside food business is juxtaposed with murder, illicit meat, marijuana, and concealed wrongdoing.
Films like The Bone Man, and why
The Trouble with Harry
deadpan crime comedy, eccentric investigators, and grotesque provincial social worlds
Fargo
darkly comic murder investigation shaped by regional identity and mordant humor
In Bruges
offbeat detective work, macabre comedy, and morally compromised communities
Movie Details
- Director
- Wolfgang Murnberger
- Release Date
- 2009-02-09
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (114)
Cast
- Josef Hader
- Josef Bierbichler
- Birgit Minichmayr
- Christoph Luser
- Pia Hierzegger
- Simon Schwarz
- Dorka Gryllus
- Stipe Erceg
- Ivan Shvedoff
- Edita Malovčić
Common questions
- What is The Bone Man about?
- A deadpan Austrian private eye uncovers a grotesque murder secret beneath the everyday bustle of an Alpine grill station.
- What is The Bone Man like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Bone Man as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Bone Man violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Bone Man as graphic.
- Which films are like The Bone Man?
- Films with a similar feel include The Trouble with Harry, Fargo, and In Bruges.
- How long is The Bone Man?
- The Bone Man runs 117 minutes.
