More of an action-light whodunit than a real thriller, and more of a CliffsNotes version than a deeply disturbing portrait of what's wrong with contempo Sweden.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(Män som hatar kvinnor)
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Sweden, Denmark, Germany · 2009
Rated R · 2h 32m
Director Niels Arden Oplev
Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube
Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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In this thrilling adaptation of the Swedish novel of the same name, a wealthy industrialist wants to get to the bottom of the near 40-year-old unsolved death of his niece, Harriet. He hires a journalist, who has been blacklisted by the media after a failed investigation into the crimes of a billionaire, and a girl with a dragon tattoo, whose hacking genius is only matched by her inner torment.
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Every so often, you get the gift of watching an under-the-radar actor bloom into a critical-mass phenomenon before your bloodshot eyes: Franka Potente in "Run Lola Run," or Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds." Add Noomi Rapace to the list; what she does with the title character of this Swedish thriller-cum-pop-lit-adaptation will spawn cults of swooning Rapacephiles stat.
The cluttered narrative leaves little room for character development, though director Niels Arden Oplev does manage to accommodate plenty of gratuitous torture and rape.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The film makes excellent use of the cold Scandinavian landscape to emphasize the story's gloomy loneliness. And Rapace and ? Nyqvist have compelling chemistry.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
The film version stars a wonderful Swedish-Icelandic actress named Noomi Rapace as the hacker and Michael Nyqvist as the reporter. They are excellent and subtle and honest.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
A compelling thriller to begin with, but it adds the rare quality of having a heroine more fascinating than the story.
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
The result is a character-driven mystery of considerable emotional power, often harrowing and always compelling.
The A.V. Club by Tasha Robinson
Tattoo is as much mood piece as mystery, and the mood is almost always disturbing.
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