The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

R
2h 38m
2011

Certified Fresh

86%

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age 18+

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Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) accepts an invitation to surreptitiously investigate a forty year old unsolved murder on behalf of the victim's uncle, Swedish industrialist Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer). Meanwhile, tattooed hacker Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), hired to investigate Blomkvist, discovers the truth behind the conspiracy that led to his fall from grace. Thrown together by fate, the unlikely duo uncovers a secret history of murder and sexual abuse festering beneath the veneer of Sweden's industrial past, all the while drawing closer to a quiet evil waiting to engulf them both.

Director:

David Fincher

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Writer:

Steven Zaillian

Cast:

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick Van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Visnjic, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg

© 2011 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score

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Certified Fresh

86%

Critics Consensus: Brutal yet captivating, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the result of David Fincher working at his lurid best with total role commitment from star Rooney Mara.

Reviews

Patrick Nabarro

Fresh

The material is tailor-made for Fincher, and, in many respects, it feels a summation of his work o...

October 31, 2019

Spectrum Culture

Fresh

A twisty film that feels promising at first but then devolves into a sensational, lurid tale that...

October 24, 2019

Leslie Combemale

Fresh

Rooney Mara inhabits the movie's namesake Lisbeth Salander with such commitment and believability...

The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Rotten

The final product is a film of stunning craft (if ungainly form) built around a profoundly flawed...

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Micheal Compton

Fresh

I was eager to see how an American version of this material would play out. Rather nicely, it turn...

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Common Sense Says

Graphic sexual violence in thrilling, subtitled crime drama.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) is a subtitled Swedish film that's definitely not for kids. With graphic sexual violence, gruesome murders, torture, and pervasive coarse and sexual language, even adults might be disturbed by what they see. Expect multiple images of mutilated dead young women and numerous instances of female nudity (including breasts), as well as partial male nudity in graphic tortuous poses. The female heroine smokes continuously. Still,k despite the intense content, the movie's message of good triumphing over evil ultimately provides some relief.

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Additional Info

Genre:Thriller, Drama
Release Date:December 21, 2011
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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