The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Music Box Films | Release Date: March 19, 2010

7.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 241 Ratings

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Potter17Dec 23, 2011

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 isIt 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

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mbagelyAug 26, 2010

It was not as good as the book I'm dissapointed to say. I'm not sure if it was the english dub but the script just felt bland. Actors for Blomkvist and Salander were well-chosen though

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wxwaxNov 24, 2010

It doesn't take long for Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to tip its hand. Inside of five minutes we're presented with a television reporter doing a typical live shot from outside a courthouse. Well, typical in every way except that she'sIt doesn't take long for Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to tip its hand. Inside of five minutes we're presented with a television reporter doing a typical live shot from outside a courthouse. Well, typical in every way except that she's prominently, ostentatiously pregnant.

Ah. Female power. Gotcha. In the ensuing two hours we learn that women are lesbians because they were raped as children. That women are smarter and stronger than men. That victims are allowed to be warped by their past but that criminals are not. And that it's quite OK for a female to play the traditional male role and for the male to more or less play the traditional female role. That last one is especially OK because the female in question happens to be the very best thing about this movie. Her name's Noomi Rapace and she plays a pierced, tattooed punkish girl with a very violent streak who also happens to be a whiz at the internet thingie and has a crackerjack memory. I'd like to say she's complicated but that's being a bit generous to the writer, Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson. But she is interesting in a malevolent, raped-as-a-child kind of way. Rapace becomes entangled in the life of an investigative journalist who's hired to solve a 40 year-old case of a missing girl. And if Rapace is the best thing about this movie, then the impact she has on his life, thin gruel though it may be, is the second best. Third best is the actual plot of the movie, a somewhat complicated whodunnit replete with sex, sadism and, of course, murder. Salacious stuff somehow rendered limp, save for a handful of electric scenes with Rapace and her probation officer. I understand that Larsson wrote three novels based on these characters, popped them off to his publisher, then dropped dead. He never saw them become an international success. I also understand that this Swedish movie (with subtitles) is the first of three films to be based on his books. In the next film I look forward to seeing how Rapace's character develops and grows. She's really quite interesting. And I hold out hope that the girl power message is supported by stronger story and is energized by a director with a more skillful grasp of pacing and tension.… Expand

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TyranianApr 12, 2019

Better than the American version with more believable characters but still fairly unappealing.

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hamidgoodarziMay 9, 2023

A crime/psycho thriller based on an adaptation of a novel that the director does well in this difficult film. This film is one of the films of recent years, after which two films were made in the continuation of this film. This movie hasA crime/psycho thriller based on an adaptation of a novel that the director does well in this difficult film. This film is one of the films of recent years, after which two films were made in the continuation of this film. This movie has received a lot of attention and is suitable for those interested in the psychology of cinema. The soundtrack tries to create an atmosphere of dread and although it succeeds in this, the soundtrack seems to be overdone.… Expand

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