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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 173
Fresh: 148 | Rotten: 25

Its graphic violence and sprawling length will prove too much for some viewers to take, but Noomi Rapace's gripping performance makes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo an unforgettable viewing experience.

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 5

Its graphic violence and sprawling length will prove too much for some viewers to take, but Noomi Rapace's gripping performance makes The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo an unforgettable viewing experience.

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A discredited journalist and a mysterious computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have skeletons in their closets while working to solve the mystery of a 40-year-old murder. Inspired by late author Stieg Larsson's successful trilogy of books, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo gets under way as Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are briefed in the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, whose uncle suspects she may have been killed by a member of their own family. The deeper Mikael

Jul 6, 2010

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An engrossing and classically suspenseful story

July 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment (1)
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a handsome thriller, anchored by an arresting performance in the title role by Noomi Rapace.

June 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Film.com
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A chilling detective tale, a horrific sexual abuse drama and an overlong, emotional, tie-up-every-loose-end melodrama that is sure to be half an hour shorter when Hollywood remakes it without Swedish dialogue and probably without the cool Swedish edge.

May 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment (1)
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Rapace's haunting, enigmatic Lisbeth is the element that leaves you eager for the next two installments. She's fantastic, and so is the movie.

April 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Miami Herald
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A bracing survey course on the mystery genre set in a Scandinavian landscape as cold as a killer's kiss.

April 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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Appreciation of the film relies more on the performances than the problem-solving, and Rapace delivers a complicated and deliciously contrary performance that tattoos Lisbeth Salander straight onto the brain.

April 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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A clever story of murder and mystery interspersed with various acts of cyber-crime and corporate intrigue, it's the most refreshing thriller in recent memory.

September 28, 2012 Full Review Source: TheShiznit.co.uk
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David Fincher's reputation as the best modern American director is further reinforced by a strong DVD transfer of this, his latest, most underappreciated masterwork.

April 2, 2012 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comments (3)
Slant Magazine

full review at Movies for the Masses

February 17, 2012 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comments (3)
Movies for the Masses

The "Millennium" completist doesn't need to be told to pick this up, but would be well advised to understand that the set contains the TV version of the trilogy.

December 12, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

The final result is an adaptation that's just about as successful as its literary predecessor, with the film occasionally exceeding the book in a few areas...

November 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

... The rare film that lives up to the hype preceding it.

November 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

So exquisitely crafted and the final result is a good treat for anyone who enjoys the journey of movies.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: BET.com
BET.com

Dragon Tattoo is from the beginning far more about it's hero's than it's villains which is a pleasant change. It's dark and dismal and beautiful and human and everything a crime film should be.

December 30, 2010 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net
ComingSoon.net

La película es básicamente un buen ejemplo de cine comercial bien hecho, con algunos brillos formales y buen elenco que, de paso, permite sacar por un momento la cabeza más allá de las colinas de Hollywood.

December 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total
Uruguay Total

Witless, suit-and-tie porn posing as Great Art.

November 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comments (10)
Projection Booth

Stieg Larsson's ... millions of fans [were] waiting to pounce on any missteps ... Fortunately, director Niels Arden Oplev has got things right.

November 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Talk
Movie Talk

Do people love the original book so much they're willing to forgive a film that is sorely lacking in substance, motivation, action, tension, ambiguity and style?

November 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comments (14)
Quickflix

Graphic sexual violence in thrilling subtitled crime drama.

November 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment (1)
Common Sense Media

Usprkos toga to je Larsson i kod nas ario i palio po knjiarama, hrvatski distributeri dosad nisu imali razumijevanja za vedsku trilogiju

October 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

It's really quite ingenious in a rather basic way.

October 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Very few murder mysteries are as dark as this one. Fortunately, there is also some light in this movie to offset all that darkness.

October 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope
Laramie Movie Scope

An overlong, gestating, and sadistic version of a Murder She Wrote episode, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is all hype, confusing shocking imagery for thrilling storytelling.

September 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment (1)
Matt's Movie Reviews

Met with much success throughout the world, and one must wonder if its rather old-fashioned mystery feel had something to do with it.

September 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies
Window to the Movies

Fans of the book have been disappointed in this workmanlike adaptation, but coming to it with no expectations it is quite involving...

September 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com
Seanax.com

It's not surprising David Fincher has put his hand up for the remake, as the subject material is right up his alley, a la Seven and Zodiac but an English-language remake seems so pointless (as usual) given the quality here.

September 1, 2010 Full Review Source: The Standard

Audience Reviews for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

This was the very first foreign film ive sat thru completely with subtitles. Usually I go for the dubbing. .but this . . everything was perfect. What a tight, twisting thriller. Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist as Mikael shined. I can think of anything bad to say about this. It was a 2 and half hour ride that didnt feel long at all.

A 40 year old murder is attempted to be solved by a disgraced journalist and steampunk hacker.
July 7, 2010
jmanard52

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This Scandic adaptation of Stieg Larsson's first book in his famous Millenium - trilogy is a below average thriller that feels more like overlong TV-episode than a feature film. Niels Arden Oplev's film also suffers from comparison to David Fincher's masterful adaptation of the same book.
Where Fincher has clearly a vision and ability to create somehting vsiually and atmospherically unique with his film, Oplev's instead is much more workman-like. Same goes for the performance of Noomi Rapace who is by no means a great actress but does manage to make her Lisbeth Salander a that interesting character here. Instead under Fincher's direction actress Rooney Mara turned into full-blown angel of vengeance with truly wounded soul. Mara was something of a revelation in her role and managed to create one of the most iconic characters on celluloid in past thirty years.
Larsson's source material is very good and serves a delicious detective story with interesting characters, but the biggest problem here is Oplev's ability to turn it a film that actually works. Everything here feels like lame episode of crime-series. Oplev's direction lacks visual rawness which this story most certainly needs and what FIncher in the end so perfectly captured.
So instead waching this version of Larsson's book, go and see David Fincher's masterpiece with same name. That film is a perfect mix of suspense, character study and visually breathtaking art. Forget this Swedish adaptation.
December 18, 2012
emilkakko

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    1. Lisbeth Salander: He's a evil motherfucker that hates women!
    – Submitted by xniquet L (17 months ago)
    1. Mikael Blomkvist: I would have never done it, Lisbeth. But I understand why you did. I don't know what you have experienced. But I was about to die in that cellar, and you saved my life. Whatever you have seen, you don't need to tell me. I'm just happy that you're here.
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)
    1. Lisbeth Salander: I've never done this before. Hold still, or it'll get messy.
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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