Influential industrialist Vanger's niece Harriet disappeared under mysterious circumstances 40 years ago. As a last attempt at solving the case, he hires investigative journalist Mikael Blom... Read allInfluential industrialist Vanger's niece Harriet disappeared under mysterious circumstances 40 years ago. As a last attempt at solving the case, he hires investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist.Influential industrialist Vanger's niece Harriet disappeared under mysterious circumstances 40 years ago. As a last attempt at solving the case, he hires investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 18 wins & 35 nominations total
- Malin Eriksson
- (as Sofia Ledarp)
- Plague
- (as Thomas Köhler)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Who Was Almost 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'?
Who Was Almost 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'?
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- TriviaNoomi Rapace got her motorcycle license as a preparation for the movie.
- GoofsWhen Lisbeth Salander is sending her encrypted mail to Plague, the screen shows "decrypting" instead of "encrypting".
- Quotes
Mikael Blomkvist: [about Martin Vanger] For fuck's sake, Lisbeth. His father trained him to murder at age sixteen. Anyone would be sick in the head with that kind of upbringing.
Lisbeth Salander: Shut up about the victimisation! He almost killed you. He raped and murdered and he enjoyed it. He had the same chances as us to choose what he wanted to be. He was no victim. He was a sadistic motherfucker who hated women.
- Alternate versionsExtended/TV version runs 30 min. longer and has its aspect ratio changed to 1.78:1.
- ConnectionsEdited into Millennium (2010)
- SoundtracksLjus I Varje Hjärta
Text and Music by Misen Groth (as Misen Groth)
It is a very loyal adaptation of the book (generally one of the most faithful book-to-film adaptations around), which is a fantastic read and has become of my favourite books recently, adhering closely to many of the book's events and such and also perfectly maintaining the bleak and murky atmosphere the book effortlessly creates. However, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' works even better on its own terms. The central relationship between Mikail and Lisbeth is ever so slightly rushed, however it still resonates while wisely not taking over the story too much (doing a much better job in this aspect than Fincher's.
Fincher's version may be more audacious visually, though this film is a long way from a hack job, and the script here does occasionally lack polish and flow. However, the atmosphere is much more effective here and there is generally more tension and chills, and personally prefer the performances here too (though Rooney Mara in Fincher's film is certainly no slouch).
Enough with the comparisons. 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' (2009) does look great, the bleakness of the setting adds so well to the atmosphere and it's tightly edited and very nicely shot. The haunting and doom-laden score fills one with dread and creates a lot of rich tension. Neil Arden Oplev's directing is masterful, building on the tension and suspense to frightening heights while also directing with a lot of class.
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's' story is incredibly gripping, there is a lot of subplots and characterisation and the film remarkably makes everything intriguing, layered and complete. The long running time allows this to happen admittedly, but with a good deal going on and with deliberate pacing the film easily could have rushed through things or neglected aspects but very rarely does those things. The subplots are superbly chilling with constant and effortless delivery of shock after shock. The bleak and murky atmosphere is present throughout, as is the dark and at times brutal (but not gratuitously so) tone, with plenty of twists and turns that shock and surprise better than a lot of thrillers from the US.
All the acting is very good indeed, but it's the two leads that really impress. Michael Nyqvist makes his vulnerable and flawed character a fascinating character that could have been less complex in lesser hands, but the film does belong to Noomi Rapace, whose seamlessly enigmatic performance is positively screen-burning.
Overall, a great film and one of not many book-to-film adaptations that treats its source material with respect. Swedish thrillers don't get much better than this. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- Also known as
- Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres
- Filming locations
- Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain(Scene Australia)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,095,170
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $335,502
- Mar 21, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $104,414,200
- Runtime2 hours 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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