The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011
R
2h 38m

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Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

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

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Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by hacker Lisbeth Salander.Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by hacker Lisbeth Salander.Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Director
- David Fincher
Writers
- Steven Zaillian
- Stieg Larsson
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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

505K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,051

Director
- David Fincher
Writers
- Steven Zaillian
- Stieg Larsson
Stars

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Won 1 Oscar
- 26 wins & 91 nominations total

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Trivia
While filming a scene in a diner, the cast and crew were surprised to find out that Ellen Nyqvist, daughter of Michael Nyqvist, the first actor to play Mikael Blomkvist, was working there as a waitress while attending school. Upon finding out, they wrote in a few extra lines for her, allowing her to interact with her father's successor, Daniel Craig.

Goofs
Sweden had left side driving until 3rd September 1967. The cars/drivers on the bridge in "1966" seem to have adopted right hand side driving about a year early.

Quotes
Martin Vanger: It's hard to believe that the fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain, but you know what? It is.

Crazy credits
At the beginning of the film's opening studio intros of Columbia and MGM, Leo, the MGM mascot's roar is silenced.

Connections
Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 13 June 2011 (2011)

Soundtracks
Immigrant Song
Written by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Featuring Karen O and Trent Reznor
Produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Karen O appears courtesy of Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited

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7/10

Let's Focus on the Film at Hand

Unlike seemingly almost every reviewer here, I did not read the book nor did I see the original filmed version of this story. Even if I had, I still prefer, as always, to view/review this film as a unique, individual work of art and not compare it to other works of art.

So, to that end I found this film to be heavy on style and a bit light on substance. The score was solid and very effective. On the other hand, Rooney's character Lisbeth was for me not really a fully developed character. I bit more back story on her could have gone a long way I think to transforming her from a one dimensional person with lots of tattoos and piercings into a someone the viewer could take a greater interest in. Craig is fine and completely adequate. Despite some shortcomings i do think there is enough here to check out for those curious who have still not seen it.