The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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
What critics thought
Niels Arden Oplev's adaptation earns its strong standing largely on the back of Noomi Rapace's ferocious central performance, which critics consistently identified as the film's defining asset. The graphic violence and considerable runtime gave some pause, but most found the procedural thriller gripping enough to justify both.
“a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorNiels Arden Oplev
StarringMichael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber
ComposerJacob Groth
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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
What critics thought
Niels Arden Oplev's adaptation earns its strong standing largely on the back of Noomi Rapace's ferocious central performance, which critics consistently identified as the film's defining asset. The graphic violence and considerable runtime gave some pause, but most found the procedural thriller gripping enough to justify both.
“a compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorNiels Arden Oplev
StarringMichael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber
ComposerJacob Groth