The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

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Academy Awards: Oscar won & 508 nominated
Won 3 awards & 15 nominations
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Year

2011

Runtime

2 h 38 min

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Countries

United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany

Director

David Fincher

Writers

Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson

Plotline

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

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Starring

Daniel Craig

Rooney Mara

Christopher Plummer

Stellan Skarsgård

Robin Wright

Main cast

Daniel Craig Mikael Blomkvist

Rooney Mara Lisbeth Salander

Christopher Plummer Henrik Vanger

Stellan Skarsgård Martin Vanger

Steven Berkoff Dirch Frode

Robin Wright Erika Berger

Yorick van Wageningen Bjurman

Joely Richardson Anita Vanger

Geraldine James Cecilia

Goran Visnjic Armansky

Donald Sumpter Gustav Morell

Ulf Friberg Wennerström

Bengt C.W. Carlsson Palmgren

Tony Way 'Plague'

Per Myrberg Harald

Josefin Asplund Pernilla

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External critics' reviews

If there's a complaint, it's that it flirts with rambling once the main case is solved -- nearly 20 minutes before the movie ends. But Fincher uses that remaining time to expand on Lisbeth's character, which is hard to hold against him. more

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo can stand on its own as Fincher's valentine to goth girl power, detective stories, and the grotesqueness of the human heart. more

The resulting film is neither better nor worse than the Swedish film, but it's more cinematic. more

Fincher has made The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo into an electrifying movie by turning the audience into addicts of the forbidden, looking for the sick and twisted things we can't see. more

This is a bleak but mesmerizing piece of filmmaking; it offers a glancing, chilled view of a world in which brief moments of loyalty flicker between repeated acts of betrayal. more

The film isn't quite as edgy as Fincher's best work - "Seven," "Fight Club" and "Zodiac" are masterpieces of modern angst. But the director brings a fresh eye to what might easily have been an unnecessary rehash of the 2009 Swedish adaptation. more

Under the direction of David Fincher and with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. I don't know if it's better or worse. It has a different air. more

Fincher's electrifying storytelling makes the most of unsettling visuals, large casts, complex plots and sharp dialogue. more

Chemistry is one of the few things left filmmakers can't fake with CGI, and the dynamic between Craig and Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is so sensational, it instantly propels the movie beyond glossy, high-toned pulp into something far more affecting. more

This beautifully taut and terrifying thriller is faithful to its source in just about every way that matters. more

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