The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Based on the Worldwide Best Seller

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

Produced by Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark

2009152 min7.5 / 10

A dark, methodical crime thriller centered on a complex partnership between a disgraced journalist and a brilliant hacker as they uncover decades of violence and corruption.

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

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  • Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

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69/ 100

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity45

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Surprise79

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Love88

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