The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Unrated

1/8/20102h 32m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Based on the Worldwide Best Seller ~

Overview:

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

Director:

Niels Arden Oplev

Status:

Released

Language:

Swedish

Buget:

$13,000,000.00

Revenue:

$109,421,911.00

Key words:

journalist
island
bondage
rape
strong woman
hacker
based on novel or book
nazi
blow job
antisocial personality disorder
female protagonist
whodunit
newspaper man
millennium
female empowerment
locked room mystery
girl with piercings
woman murder

Cast

Michael Nyqvist

~ as ~

Mikael Blomkvist

Noomi Rapace

~ as ~

Lisbeth Salander

Lena Endre

~ as ~

Erika Berger

Sven-Bertil Taube

~ as ~

Henrik Vanger

Peter Haber

~ as ~

Martin Vanger

Peter Andersson

~ as ~

Nils Bjurman

Marika Lagercrantz

~ as ~

Cecilia Vanger

Ingvar Hirdwall

~ as ~

Dirch Frode

Björn Granath

~ as ~

Gustav Morell

Ewa Fröling

~ as ~

Harriet Vanger

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Reviews (2)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
9
Oddly, the version of this movie I watched contained both English subtitles and dubbing, and after a while I wished I could turn off the dubbing and go with just the subtitles, so that their mouths would always move at the right times.

I watched the U.S. production of this with Daniel Craig many years ago, and I liked it, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to compare the two. My f=general impression, though, is that this original is better.

Of course, the Lisbeth character is the real hero here. A rough childhood and beyond have molded her into a tough lady indeed, mentally, physically and emotionally. Oddly enough, she is the only character who seems to show any growth by the end of the film, perhaps partly due to her having so much room to grow emotionally.
Dr_Nostromo
Written 3 week(s) ago
8
82/100

A reporter's social disgrace for libel, rape and revenge, the investigation of serial killings going back to the 40's, all centered around a girl's disappearance in 1966. Made in Sweden two years earlier than the U.S. version, this is the first in the Lisbeth trilogy ...the other 2 films made at the same time and coming out later in 2009. Both versions place their story emphasis on different parts making each a unique take on the same story and outcome. Not as intense and well constructed as the U.S. version (which is well suited as a stand-alone film), this one still manages to hold up quite well as the start of the trilogy and features an excellent performances by Noomi Rapace. -- DrNostromo.com