The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The first film in the American three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Millennium Trilogy. Stars Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) and Rooney Mara (The Social Network), directed by David Fincher (The Social Network, Fight Club).
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig), ostensibly hired to write the memoirs of Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), recruits badass, troubled computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Mara) to help investigate the 40-year-old murder of Harriet Vanger - Henrik's beloved niece. The odd couple work to unravel the mysterious and gruesome history of the Vanger clan, who live on the isolated Hedeby Island in Hedestad.
Larsson's thrillers have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries, originally made into a film trilogy in the novel's native Sweden.
- Director:
- David Fincher ('The Social Network', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', 'Zodiac', 'Panic Room', 'Se7en', 'Fight Club')
- Writer:
- Steven Zaillian
- Cast:
- Daniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerStellan SkarsgårdSteven BerkoffRobin WrightYorick Van WageningenJoely Richardson
Reviews & comments
Close but no cigar.
Having recently seen the Swedish version of GWTDT I went along prepared for anything. With such source material and star power great things were possible. Including disaster, so I crossed my fingers and bought a ticket. Oh dear. Early on this movie twice set my teeth on edge. Which marred the rest of the movie. 1) The entire cast managed reasonable...
Brilliant in its own right
Having both read the books and seen the Swedish version of the film, I was ready to be disappointed by this Hollywood adaptation - but in the end, I came away pretty impressed, especially by Rooney Mara's performance. I'd agree with another reviewer that the film didn't really come into its own until the two protagonists were brought together, and the...
extract from theaterofthecommonman.com
There are many reasons to doubt the necessity of 2011's 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Afterall, I enjoyed Niels Arden Oplev 's Swedish adaption a great deal. To me there was seemingly no artistic need to reboot the film. Today however, I had a powerful lesson in the short comings of my own perception. David Fincher's adaption is near perfect. His...
Beautifull Film. A MUST see.
WARNING: before reading my review please note that I haven't read the book first, nor have I watched the 2009 movie from Europe. Therefore my review is soley based on this film. I love this film. It really draws your emotions, keeps you on edge and tests your ability to witness the most shocking and horrible of circumstances. This is great in a packed...
LET ME IN with THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Having seen and loved the FIRST fantastic film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's first book in the trilogy,I just have to ask, why the Hollywood remake? What's the point - especially so soon after the first? And it's set in Sweden too! Like, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was a fabulous, moody new take on the vampire genre adapted from a great book - so why the almost...
Variety
pressA fastidiously grim pulp entertainment that plays like a first-class train ride through progressively bleaker circles of hell.
Total Film
pressA controlled, mesmerising, beautiful thriller scarred by scenes of unshakeable brutality and breathless tension.
Time Out
pressIt moves like a mad dog, looks like a hi-def dream and is deliciously cast.
The Guardian
pressThis brisk, intelligent thriller lacks social and political commitment.
The Guardian
pressIt is a muscular, overwhelmingly confident movie – and its brutal violence is thus even tougher to take.
Hollywood Reporter
pressFine American version of the literary sensation delivers everything except that something extra.
Variety
pressA fastidiously grim pulp entertainment that plays like a first-class train ride through progressively bleaker circles of hell.
Total Film
pressA controlled, mesmerising, beautiful thriller scarred by scenes of unshakeable brutality and breathless tension.
Time Out
pressIt moves like a mad dog, looks like a hi-def dream and is deliciously cast.
The Guardian
pressThis brisk, intelligent thriller lacks social and political commitment.
The Guardian
pressIt is a muscular, overwhelmingly confident movie – and its brutal violence is thus even tougher to take.
Hollywood Reporter
pressFine American version of the literary sensation delivers everything except that something extra.
Close but no cigar.
Having recently seen the Swedish version of GWTDT I went along prepared for anything. With such source material and star power great things were possible. Including disaster, so I crossed my fingers and bought a ticket. Oh dear. Early on this movie twice set my teeth on edge. Which marred the rest of the movie. 1) The entire cast managed reasonable...
Brilliant in its own right
Having both read the books and seen the Swedish version of the film, I was ready to be disappointed by this Hollywood adaptation - but in the end, I came away pretty impressed, especially by Rooney Mara's performance. I'd agree with another reviewer that the film didn't really come into its own until the two protagonists were brought together, and the...
extract from theaterofthecommonman.com
There are many reasons to doubt the necessity of 2011's 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. Afterall, I enjoyed Niels Arden Oplev 's Swedish adaption a great deal. To me there was seemingly no artistic need to reboot the film. Today however, I had a powerful lesson in the short comings of my own perception. David Fincher's adaption is near perfect. ...
Beautifull Film. A MUST see.
WARNING: before reading my review please note that I haven't read the book first, nor have I watched the 2009 movie from Europe. Therefore my review is soley based on this film. I love this film. It really draws your emotions, keeps you on edge and tests your ability to witness the most shocking and horrible of circumstances. This is great in a packed...
LET ME IN with THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Having seen and loved the FIRST fantastic film adaptation of Stieg Larsson's first book in the trilogy,I just have to ask, why the Hollywood remake? What's the point - especially so soon after the first? And it's set in Sweden too! Like, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was a fabulous, moody new take on the vampire genre adapted from a great book - so why the almost...
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