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Brutal yet captivating, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the result of David Fincher working at his lurid best with total role commitment from star Rooney Mara.
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Fortunately the book is virtually foolproof if you leave it to speak for itself, as [Fincher] has done, thereby delivering a decent movie. December 23, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Fortunately the book is virtually foolproof if you leave it to speak for itself, as [Fincher] has done, thereby delivering a decent movie.
Derek Malcolm
It's certainly worth seeing if you missed the original. If you saw it, however, there's no way of unseeing it, and nothing in the new one to top it. December 22, 2011 | Full Review…
It's certainly worth seeing if you missed the original. If you saw it, however, there's no way of unseeing it, and nothing in the new one to top it.
Joe Morgenstern
Fincher's Dragon Tattoo rockets through the freezing northern European landscape like the most powerful car on the market. December 22, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Fincher's Dragon Tattoo rockets through the freezing northern European landscape like the most powerful car on the market.
Peter Bradshaw
Fincher's Dragon Tattoo is a faithful adaptation that brings the dazzle but shortchanges on the daring... It's gloriously rendered but too impersonal to leave a mark. December 22, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Fincher's Dragon Tattoo is a faithful adaptation that brings the dazzle but shortchanges on the daring... It's gloriously rendered but too impersonal to leave a mark.
Peter Travers
What he has delivered is adequate, but it doesn't have any flavor - and of all the things Fincher is, "bland" is not usually one of them. December 21, 2011 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
What he has delivered is adequate, but it doesn't have any flavor - and of all the things Fincher is, "bland" is not usually one of them.
Eric D. Snider
Immaculate style, questionable substance. December 21, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Immaculate style, questionable substance.
Adam Woodward
Fincher's is a skilled, slick, and engrossing version of Larsson's book. January 17, 2020 | Full Review…
Fincher's is a skilled, slick, and engrossing version of Larsson's book.
Felicia Feaster
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo really is a stand out film of 2011. It's one of the strongest Dramas you can see this season. It isn't for the faint of heart though January 11, 2020 | Rating: A | Full Review…
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo really is a stand out film of 2011. It's one of the strongest Dramas you can see this season. It isn't for the faint of heart though
Julian Lytle
The material is tailor-made for Fincher, and, in many respects, it feels a summation of his work over the preceding 15 years. October 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The material is tailor-made for Fincher, and, in many respects, it feels a summation of his work over the preceding 15 years.
PJ Nabarro
A twisty film that feels promising at first but then devolves into a sensational, lurid tale that rivals Silence of the Lambs for squirm-factor. October 24, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A twisty film that feels promising at first but then devolves into a sensational, lurid tale that rivals Silence of the Lambs for squirm-factor.
David Harris
Rooney Mara inhabits the movie's namesake Lisbeth Salander with such commitment and believability she captivates the audience and keeps our rapt attention for the slightly overlong 2 hours and 40 minutes. It is her movie. July 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Rooney Mara inhabits the movie's namesake Lisbeth Salander with such commitment and believability she captivates the audience and keeps our rapt attention for the slightly overlong 2 hours and 40 minutes. It is her movie.
Leslie Combemale
The final product is a film of stunning craft (if ungainly form) built around a profoundly flawed foundation that even moments of individual brilliance can't fully save. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The final product is a film of stunning craft (if ungainly form) built around a profoundly flawed foundation that even moments of individual brilliance can't fully save.
Matthew Lucas
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