A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 18 wins & 35 nominations total
- Malin Eriksson
- (as Sofia Ledarp)
- Plague
- (as Thomas Köhler)
- Director
- Writers
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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)
Indeed, I can't say whether the movie proves adherence to the novel, which is something by the way difficult, considering the length of the book, however, I can say that the product is a well-crafted piece of cinema, which leaves also interesting food for thought. Used as we are, as southern Europeans, to see at Northern, and mainly Scandinavian countries, as models of democracy, economic progress and social welfare, it's quite surprising to see a modern Sweden stained by corruption and unscrupulous tycoons. Moreover, it is quite upsetting to get to know how Nazi extremist and insane ideas were rooted not so much in the history of the country, but in the conscience of people, in this case of a powerful and wealthy family, where the hatred towards the Jews has mixed with the hatred towards women, turning the lives of whole generations into a hell of ferocious violence and horror.
As far as the thriller story, it's engaging, but carried on very carefully, every aspect being under control, with flashbacks constantly reassuring us about aspects we have already perceived, without moving a little apart from a well consolidated stylistic model of this kind of movie genre. Sometimes a little slow, sometimes too indulging in violent scenes, but with a strong directing consciousness supporting it. Convincing and really good the performances offered by the whole cast, unknown to the great public, but I would underline the actress playing Lisbeth as really outstanding and upsetting in her mental and emotional distress. On the whole, it's not a masterpiece, but a good and well made movie.
- yris2002
- Jun 7, 2009
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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