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76 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 138 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ewa Fröling, Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
  • Summary: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" is based on the trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Tragically, Larsson did not live to see the phenomenon his work has become as he died suddenly in 2004 soon after delivering the manuscripts to his Swedish publisher. (Music Box Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    A compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story.
  2. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    100
    It's one of the most engaging foreign films to come along since 'Tell No One' in 2008.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Director Niels Arden Oplev keeps the action relatively tight. But he revels in the story's sadism to an uncomfortable degree, especially in a needlessly vile rape scene. Two more sequels are coming. Here's hoping there's just a little less hate in each.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
  1. JimE.
    10
    The film is a tribute to the author, screen-writer, and the difficult task of turning a compelling work of literature into film-art. I am please to see that the northern European artists (director, screenwriter, etc.) are nuanced and understated, as opposed to an American production which would have prescribed 1) a "hottie", 2) a "hunk", 3) the seeroe-typical narcissistic attorney, and 4) a Daddy Warbucks business executive. Bottom line; I enjoyed it.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. Potter17
    5
    It would be an extraordinary film to me if didn't stick so close to the source material. Watching a thriller film when you know exactly everything that will happen on the next scene is not thrilling at all. This is not an adaptation, it is just a mere copy of the book.… Expand
    • 0 of 2 users said yes
  3. X
    0
    One of the worst and over-hyped films I've seen in months, if not years - and I'm a fan of Europan cinema. Nothing even close to Polanski's Ghost Writer. Don't even try to compare it to "Let the right one in" either. The film is super convoluted, cluttered with unnecessary plot lines, and full of coincidences - that in the end amount to a silly whodonit... You can tell that the writers try to cram every single detail about the characters and their past into the exposition - and in the medium of cinema, this does not work... I felt completely deceived by the trailer - expecting something similar to the Ghost Writer - instead I got a danish soap-opera. The locations were cool to watch. Besides that it's a waste of time.… Expand
    • 1 of 14 users said yes

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