The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Seen it?2009 | 152 min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (85% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences rate it highly (7.5 out of 10) and it drew serious awards attention. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 32 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- It's long: 2 hr 32 min.
- It's in Swedish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
85% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesStrong
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsStrong
Won 1 BAFTA: BAFTA Award: Best Film Not in the English Language. Also nominated for 2 more BAFTAs. Plus 11 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$109 million worldwide on a $13 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 205K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
- Michael NyqvistMikael Blomkvist
- Noomi RapaceLisbeth Salander
- Lena EndreErika Berger
- Sven-Bertil TaubeHenrik Vanger
- Peter HaberMartin Vanger
- Peter AnderssonNils Bjurman
- Marika LagercrantzCecilia Vanger
- Ingvar HirdwallDirch Frode
- Björn GranathGustav Morell
- Ewa FrölingHarriet Vanger