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7.5/10 • 3K

2009-02-272h 32m

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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

Directors
Niels Arden Oplev
Editors
Anne Østerud

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  1. Michael Nyqvist

    Michael Nyqvist

    Mikael Blomkvist

  2. Noomi Rapace

    Noomi Rapace

    Lisbeth Salander

  3. Lena Endre

    Lena Endre

    Erika Berger

  4. Sven-Bertil Taube

    Sven-Bertil Taube

    Henrik Vanger

  5. Peter Haber

    Peter Haber

    Martin Vanger

  6. Peter Andersson

    Peter Andersson

    Nils Bjurman

  7. Marika Lagercrantz

    Marika Lagercrantz

    Cecilia Vanger

  8. Ingvar Hirdwall

    Ingvar Hirdwall

    Dirch Frode

  9. Björn Granath

    Björn Granath

    Gustav Morell

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Peter McGinn

Dec 5, 2021

9/10

Oddly, the version of this movie I watched contained both English subtitles and dubbing, and after a while I wished I could turn off the dubbing and go with just the subtitles, so that their mouths would always move at the right times. I watched the U.S. production of this with Daniel Craig many years ago, and I liked it, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to compare the two. My f=general impression, though, is that this original is better. Of course, the Lisbeth character is the real hero here. A rough childhood and beyond have molded her into a tough lady indeed, mentally, physically and emotionally. Oddly enough, she is the only character who seems to show any growth by the end of the film, perhaps partly due to her having so much room to grow emotionally.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Swedish
Budget
$13,000,000.00
Revenue
$109,421,911.00
Keywords
journalistislandbondagerapestrong womanhackerbased on novel or bookblow jobantisocial personality disorderfemale protagonistwhodunitnewspaper manmillenniumfemale empowermentlocked room mystery