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- 2010
- R
- Music Box Films
- 2 h 27 m
- 2010
- R
- Music Box Films
- 2 h 27 m
Summary In this last installment, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her frie...
Directed By: Daniel Alfredson
Written By: Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
- 2010
- R
- Music Box Films
- 2 h 27 m
- 2010
- R
- Music Box Films
- 2 h 27 m
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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6.7
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Summary In this last installment, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her frie...
Directed By: Daniel Alfredson
Written By: Jonas Frykberg, Stieg Larsson, Ulf Ryberg
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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61% Positive
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19 Reviews
32% Mixed
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6% Negative
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The good news is that Alfredson finds his footing in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and delivers a rousing, grueling, almost operatically scaled finale to the series.
For the most part, plays like a pretty good TV police procedural.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 85 User Ratings
6.7
61% Positive
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31% Mixed
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8% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 85 User Ratings
6.7
61% Positive
52 Ratings
52 Ratings
31% Mixed
26 Ratings
26 Ratings
8% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
The ending of the movie trilogy. In totality, the three were each better than anything I saw released by the major domestic studios during 2010. And the third part is fulfilling if not as action packed as the other two. It'll be interesting to see if the American remake can beat this Swedish production. Noomi rocks the role of Lisbeth!
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These Swedish films are based on author Stieg Larsson's very popular "Millennium" trilogy of books.
The "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" is the first, and "The Girl Who Played With Fire" is the second, while "The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest" is the last in the series.
All three should be viewed in sequence. Be sure to get the Swedish originals instead of the Hollywood remakes.
Each of the three is stylistically different, but each is qualitatively in the top 10 percent of movies ever made - a 10 rating.
Tattoo is essentially a murder mystery and is nicely developed at a relaxed pace. The main point in this is the introduction of the girl, who is a fascinating personality that constitutes a underlying mystery within the mystery explored in the film itself. This mystery of the Girl is revealed in the next two films in the series.
Fire is a mystery-action movie, and unlike the relaxed pace of Tattoo (to emphasis the mystery), Fire has a fast pace that emphasizes the action.
The mystery of the Girl is completely revealed in Nest, the final movie. Simultaneous plots are shown in shifts back and forth, which is potentially confusing for some viewers. However, this is skillfully accomplished as the plots of the investigation, the trial, and the experiences of the girl through all of this are depicted.
This is an outstanding set of three movies. People that don't speak Swedish and who do not like sub-titles may not like this aspect of the movies, but there is also a fine version of Tattoo (the first movie) that is English dubbed. English dubbed versions of the second and third of the set may be forthcoming.
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Hornet's Nest is talky but indisputably terrific, and it ends in a dazzling display of courtroom fireworks. Rapace is hot stuff in any language. Oscar, take heed.
In place of romance there are numerous talky espionage scenes that make the movie feel like one of those labyrinthine cold war pictures from the 60s.
The Swedish edition, which ends with this bleak finale, is downright grim.
Like the first two Millennium movies, this final installment feels thoughtlessly put together, its script unpruned and rushed through, all to capitalize on the staggering worldwide popularity of its dead author.
If Swedish villains are this dumb, put me on the next plane to Stockholm. Just don't make me watch these idiotic movies on the flight.
This was a good film. What's interesting is that translations and titles are so important with the general perception of the film. I saw Millennium 3 with Spanish subtitles where I had seen the first two films with English subtitles. I found that even the title; "Millennium" vs. "The Girl who" created a different emphasis on the viewer. Watching Millennium the viewer feels like a reporter for the magazine, and as the mystery unfolds you find yourself asking the same questions the characters do. Should we publish this story? Can this be real? I agree this film was better than the second one. Overall the first film is the best of the bunch and is really the only one that you can view as a stand alone film. Having seen all three films within a two month period I found this was a good conclusion to the trilogy. I just would not recommend it unless you've seen Millennium 1 and 2.
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I came to know this Swedish film trilogy through its famous American "twin brother", and I believe I was not the only one. Despite international credits, it is unusual for Swedish cinema to be widely publicized. Neither is literature! So I also didn't read the book to judge how the adaptation did it justice, but I do believe those who say it was a relatively faithful adaptation to the original material. This film was directed by Daniel Alfredson.
This film is a sequel and follows the logical sequence of events after the first two films: after the fight with Zalachenko and Niederman, Lisbeth Salander is captured by the authorities, but is seriously injured. Now in a hospital together with Zalachenko, she will have to answer to the court. But to be cleared she will depend on frank collaboration with the justice, and she is not willing to collaborate.
The film has a good plot and a story full of mystery. However, I felt that the script is too imaginative in some ideas and, therefore, loses some credibility. I also felt disappointed about the ending, so cold, impersonal and anticlimactic. The action continue to be part of the film, as happened with the two predecessors. Alfredson's direction tries to redeem itself from the excessive coldness and impersonality of "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and has some success in that effort, but it still isn't as good a direction as Niels Arden Oplev's in the first film of the trilogy.
The cast is overwhelmingly the same as always. Noomi Rapace is impeccable and returns, in part, to the interpretive level demonstrated in the first film; Michael Nyqvist, also leaves us a good job but it is not as interesting as it was in the two previous films. Lena Endre keeps her job good but does not go beyond what was expected. Micke Spreitz does what he can with a virtually dumb but extremely brutal character. Georgi Staykov is very good as a villain and did an excellent job. Annika Hallin and Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl also showed signs of talent.
Technically, the film is the weakest and most uninteresting in the trilogy because it is overly televised. It looks like a movie made for the TV and not for the big screen. It recovers part of the mysterious and tense atmosphere of the first film, but visually it is uninteresting and does not capture our eye. A bland cinematography, as well as visual effects worthy of a weekend TV series, largely contributed to this. The sets, as well as the choice of landscapes and filming locations, are as expected and the costumes are not very interesting, with the exception of those reserved for Salander. The soundtrack does its job well.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet´s Nest was a good movie, but was a little graceful ending of a very good saga that is the Millennium saga, the performances of Rapace and Nyquist still convincent, but the story, although it has looked good, it seemed with more drama and almost nothing of the action that the saga has shown, although of that its ending was satisfactory.
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The challenge of "Hornet's Nest" -- the novel -- was to keep the plot moving and and the reader engrossed while our beloved Lisbeth is mostly laid up in a hospital and out of commission. Somehow, the book succeeds at this better than the movie does. Don't get me wrong: It brings things to a satisfying end if you've read all the books and seen the other two films. But this movie would be the least interesting for people approaching it on its own merits.
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Production Company
Film i Väst,
Nordisk Film,
Spiltan Underhållning,
Sveriges Television (SVT),
Yellow Bird,
ZDF Enterprises
Release Date Oct 29, 2010
Duration 2 h 27 m
Rating R
Tagline Everything Will Be Revealed
Awards
New York Film Critics, Online
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
• 1 Nomination
Hawaii International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
