The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

12/14/20112h 38m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw. ~

Overview:

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Director:

David Fincher

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$90,000,000.00

Revenue:

$232,617,430.00

Key words:

journalist
island
rape
hacker
based on novel or book
nazi
journalism
sweden
investigation
punk rock
scandinavia
stockholm, sweden
remake
antisocial personality disorder
disappearance
serial killer
hacking
sadist
biting
bible quote
dead cat
millennium
based on movie
aggressive
abuse
cold case
locked room mystery
dreary
missing girl
tense
cruel

Cast

Daniel Craig

~ as ~

Mikael Blomkvist

Rooney Mara

~ as ~

Lisbeth Salander

Christopher Plummer

~ as ~

Henrik Vanger

Stellan Skarsgård

~ as ~

Martin Vanger

Robin Wright

~ as ~

Erika Berger

Yorick van Wageningen

~ as ~

Nils Bjurman

Steven Berkoff

~ as ~

Dirch Frode

Joely Richardson

~ as ~

Anita Vanger

Geraldine James

~ as ~

Cecilia Vanger

Goran Višnjić

~ as ~

Dragan Armansky

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Discredited journalist "Michael Blomkvist" (Daniel Craig) is invited to undertake some family investigation work by retired industrialist "Henrik Vanger" (Christopher Plummer). It turns out that a young girl disappeared from the family mansion some forty years earlier and he wants to know what happened. Meantime, the enigmatic young "Lisbeth" (Rooney Mara) is trying to break herself free from the influences/perversions of her legal guardian "Bjurman" (Yorick van Wageningen). She, having been the source of the information and investigation that lead to the earlier troubles of "Blomkvist" is particularly adept at survival! As the mystery deepens, the former engages the detection services of the latter and their search for the truth becomes distinctly perilous. The book is great, and this adaptation does it justice for the most part. Perhaps the screenplay could have been a little tighter, the first half hour takes it's time to get going, but once we have been introduced to this top notch cast representing the somewhat dysfunctional family then the pace of the film really hots up. For once, Craig delivers well and there are strong performances from Steven Berkoff, Stellan Skarsgård and Plummer ensuring that things build nicely to a denouement that, though perhaps not too surprising, is patiently and tensely delivered by David Fincher. Every bit as good as the first film version of this tale, a testament to what an A-list cast can do with a strong story and creative direction. Well worth a watch.