The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

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• Sanjay R

  
  This movie had a nice, but slow developing story with an awkward conclusion. Rooney Mara turns in a good performance and has good chemistry with Craig. This movie didn't blow my mind, but it didn't totally disappoint either. I just expected more.

• Albert K

  
  Finally, after all the rave and talk about the series, I decided to step in and see what all the fuss has been about. My verdict? It's a glorious rendition of a wildly interesting thriller -- no doubt about that, but it fails to leave a mark of a trilogy that is memorable by any… More
  Finally, after all the rave and talk about the series, I decided to step in and see what all the fuss has been about. My verdict? It's a glorious rendition of a wildly interesting thriller -- no doubt about that, but it fails to leave a mark of a trilogy that is memorable by any means, that is Fincher's rendition of the series and not the original narrative as a whole. It might've possibly been a mistake on my part to jump in without seeing the original Swedish version due to the possibility of mistranslation or different artistic views conveyed via Fincher. Nevertheless, Fincher's rendition is a damn good one if you ask me. He's done a great job portraying a brooding atmosphere and a riveting narrative through the incredible cast, dynamically rich camerawork, polished cinematography, and a witty script. There's a lot of disquieting scenes crammed into this piece, but I can't help but to get a vibe that Fincher didn't care to remain faithful to the original narrative by portraying the emotional or thematic undertones as for why these scenes were even placed within the story arc in the first place. The nudity, the disturbing scenes, and many other scenes seemingly stick out, as if it didn't belong. That's all to say that this "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is by no means a bad movie, but an unfocused motion picture... a really good unfocused motion picture. I'm sure there's plenty of differences between the international version and the Hollywood version, but I'm sufficed to say that Fincher's rendition of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a captivating, nerve-racking mysterious thriller that is sure to entertain, but doesn't earn the high talks of how great the trilogy is due to differing artistic views and a confusion towards portraying the original narrative's thematic and emotional undertones. I'm a guy that hasn't seen the international nor read any of the books, but it's apparently obvious that this is a carbon-copy of the exterior storyline, but not the soul of the original source material.

• Anthony L

  
  I liked this version just as much as the original, not surprising as they're pretty much the same film. For all the things I preferred in David Fincher's version, there are just as many things I preferred in Niels Arden Oplev's. Still, I liked it, it is a visually… More
  I liked this version just as much as the original, not surprising as they're pretty much the same film. For all the things I preferred in David Fincher's version, there are just as many things I preferred in Niels Arden Oplev's. Still, I liked it, it is a visually strong piece with a great cast with strong performances. The big question, and the one I'm struggling with, is who's the better Lisbeth, Noomi Rapace or Rooney Mara? That's a tough one!

• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Visnjic, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg Director: David Fincher Summary: When a young computer hacker is tasked with… More
  Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Visnjic, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg Director: David Fincher Summary: When a young computer hacker is tasked with investigating a prying journalist, their separate missions become entangled amid a decades-old conspiracy. David Fincher directs this English adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel. My Thoughts: "I enjoyed the movie. But it's so hard not to compare this film to it's original. Which I liked much more. I found this film to be lacking the intensity the other film oozed with. I did enjoy Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist more so then I did Michael Nyqvist. But as much as Rooney Mara did a great job in this film, there is no comparisson to the fantastic performance Noomi Rapace gave. I just loved her in the film. But it is the best performance I have seen given by Rooney Mara. I can't say much in this review that I haven't already said in the other one. So I'll stick with the performancs and directing. Great on both accounts. It's just the fact that I liked one more then I did the other. So I'll end it with that."

• Mike S

  
  Who better to re-imagine Stieg Larsson's crime noir than the ingeniously gifted David Fincher? His own take on the story, involving the riveting murder investigations of journalist Mikael Blomqvist and goth-punk hacker Lisbeth Salander, is true to the source material, while… More
  Who better to re-imagine Stieg Larsson's crime noir than the ingeniously gifted David Fincher? His own take on the story, involving the riveting murder investigations of journalist Mikael Blomqvist and goth-punk hacker Lisbeth Salander, is true to the source material, while simultaneously imprinted with his own personal touch. It doesn't just passively ride the success wave of the original, as most other re-makes would do, but presents the plot with a deep understanding for the material, as well as supplementing it with fantastic visual flair. For those reasons, I liked this even more than its predecessor. I also loved the fact that he shot it in my home country, even if Sweden is portrayed in a rather glum and depressing light (come here in the summer time and you'll know what I mean). On the other hand, our film industry is best known for its "Nordic noir", where the mood is often heavy and drenched in grey-ish color tones. So in that sense, he really nailed the visual look that you'll find in the typical Swedish crime thriller. Besides the brilliant directing, I was also tremendously impressed by the phenomenal editing. Despite being close to nearly 3 hours long, the outstanding camera work, and what I'm sure has been a lot of blood, sweat and tears in the cutting room, gives it a beautiful, almost poetic flow, that keeps the interest high throughout. Not to mention the magnificent performances by everyone in the cast. Newcomer Rooney Mara was a very wise choice for the role of Lisbeth, as she infuses it with exactly the right attitude that the character requires. Another stand-out is Christopher Plummer, with his incredibly arresting screen presence as the instigator of the murder investigation, Henrik Vanger. Daniel Craig is very convincing as well, and it was nice that they hired Stellan Skarsgård for the role of Martin, Henrik Vanger's nephew. A highly compelling watch, that not just re-tells the story respectfully, but improves upon it with sophistication and style. My hat off to Fincher, for taking something that was already good and molding it into an even greater cinematic delight. Or as we would say here in Sweden: Två tummar upp!

• Mario L M

  
  The Girl with Dragon Tattoo is trash. That descriptor applies to all versions of the Swedish murder mystery/societal exposà (C); Stieg Larsonâ(TM)s bestselling novel, Neil Arden Oplevâ(TM)s blockbuster adaptation of the same name and finally David Fincherâ(TM)s wildly unnecessary US… More
  The Girl with Dragon Tattoo is trash. That descriptor applies to all versions of the Swedish murder mystery/societal exposà (C); Stieg Larsonâ(TM)s bestselling novel, Neil Arden Oplevâ(TM)s blockbuster adaptation of the same name and finally David Fincherâ(TM)s wildly unnecessary US remake. Fincherâ(TM)s is probably the most entertaining version of the story of punk super hacker and rape survivor Lisbeth Salander because of how skilled a craftsman he is but ultimately because of how thin and lurid the source material, heâ(TM)s only able to make a film that only succeeds as the best directed pair of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes ever. If you turn the sound off and are judicious with your media playerâ(TM)s skip button, Fincherâ(TM)s Dragon Tattoo is an aesthetic masterpiece. The film works best when Steve Zillianâ(TM)s work-a-day script recedes and Ficher is allowed to play with motion and color, sequences that standout as excellent pieces of modular visual art in the mediocre consumer product that is the film. Salander (an excellent and inscrutable Rooney Mara) pulling off a complex a country wide scam, an Instagram hued flashbacks that reveals a dark family history and even the filmâ(TM)s notorious and gruesome rape scene are all conceived and staged masterfully and act as welcome relief from the numbing blandness of the filmâ(TM)s central mystery and its increasingly tedious combination reveals and exposition. The plot of the film, the decades old disappearance of a rich manâ(TM)s niece investigated by a disgraced crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and brooding goth girl Friday, is at times a painful slog. Not because of the way Fincher films seemly endless sequences of people pouring over files and intently staring at computer screens, which looks about as interesting as methodical research can look but because it forces the film to focus on its least interesting character. Craig has a solid take on the Blomkvist character, an ethical but weak man who bumbles into easy sex and mortal danger with the same mild befuddlement. Heâ(TM)s a reactive protagonist and as such a weak protagonist but what can be done with a character whose main attributes are his helpless sexiness and an inexplicable knack for exposing massive corruption? It was a smart career move of Craigâ(TM)s to play such a character so different from the dashing James Bond but Blomkvist is ultimately just as much of a wish fulfillment fantasy. This lack of grounding spills over into the rest of the supposedly hard edged film. The filmâ(TM)s central mystery isnâ(TM)t solved through careful investigative work as much narrative contrivance. Craigâ(TM)s character willingly walks into the lair of a serial killer and has a number of crucial details explained to him. Evidence needed to topple a corrupt businessman is found from an off screen computer hack. Everything is incidental and actions donâ(TM)t have direct consequences so much as unrelated effects. Everything works out for the best but not because of anything the characters intended to do but because are five acts, the narrative just needed to end. In addition to the problems of Dragon Tattooâ(TM)s airplane read plot, its themes are also deep troubling. The original title of Stieg Larsonâ(TM)s book was Men Who Hate Women because much of the novel deals with the troublesome relationships gender dynamics of modern day Sweden. As an example this, Larson has his tough as nails heroine Salander fall victim to a protracted sexual assault at the hands of her legal guardian, a banal monster who uses his authority to exercise his misogyny. In turn, this motivates her to aid Blomkvist in hunting down âa killer of women.â? Using rape as a motivation for a female character is always a dubious choice and in this film itâ(TM)s extremely problematic. The rape serves no character purpose; Salander is established as an extremely capable but damaged woman and we understand that Salanderâ(TM)s rapist is a man who abuses his power to abuse women as do the men in the family of the missing girl that Salander is called to investigate. Salanderâ(TM)s brutalization is designed to be endemic of the sexual violence and institutional sexism of the society that she lives in, but itâ(TM)s also there to give the audience a dark thrill. This made obvious by the repeated pre and post rape sexualization of Salander and the fact the rape is essentially forgotten once Salander rapes her attacker. This isnâ(TM)t a movie about empowering revenge fantasies or the pervasiveness of sexual violence; itâ(TM)s about sexualizing violence for the sake of being edgy. Thereâ(TM)s a featurette on the Blu-ray for Fincherâ(TM)s Dragon Tattoo where he argues with his props and special effects team about the harness that the filmâ(TM)s antagonist puts Craig into. The harness needs to incapacitate Craig while also looking simple enough to assemble in a relatively short amount of time. Fincher argues over and over about the believability and functionality of the device, arguing that their efforts, while being functional simply donâ(TM)t feel right. In the same discussion, Fincher complains the no one would willingly get into such constricting device but as seen in the finished film, he ultimately settles for Craigâ(TM)s being gassed unconscious before being bound while never addressing the contrivance of man walking into the clutches of a man he believes to be a serial killer. Fincherâ(TM)s precise attention to detail has made him one of the most interesting filmmakers working and itâ(TM)s dismaying to see that he couldnâ(TM)t or wouldnâ(TM)t apply that same finely honed discrimination to the rambling structure and loathsome gender politics of his latest work.

• Jameson W

  
  I loved it! I personally liked it a lot more than the Swedish version (both are brilliant films)...

• Randy T

  
  I lean slightly toward Niels Arden Oplev's version but this film has its own merits. Rooney Mara is simply fantastic.

• Dan S

  
  An impressive, stylish re-make of a visceral smash of an original film concerning a journalist (Daniel Craig) on the search to repair his reputation through partnering up with a punk hacker (Rooney Mara) to solve the disappearance and possible murder of a girl lost for over forty… More
  An impressive, stylish re-make of a visceral smash of an original film concerning a journalist (Daniel Craig) on the search to repair his reputation through partnering up with a punk hacker (Rooney Mara) to solve the disappearance and possible murder of a girl lost for over forty years. While not as emotionally involving and detailed as the original Swedish film (a phenomenal movie starring Noomi Rapace in an unforgettable turn), director David Fincher is still able to make this film exciting and interesting. He plays a lot of the same cards the original film did, but the twists and changes he decides to make work out well overall. Once again, Fincher's soundtrack weaponry of Atticus Rose and Trevor Reznor bring the goods and keep the pace flying. Craig and Mara are both very good, but almost unfairly cast in the shadows of Michael Nyqvist and Rapace, respectively. Still, a fine re-make, if not a tad too soon, with the usual Fincher flair to spare and a plot that seems in control and well thought out despite a lot going on all the time.

• Lewis C

  
  The American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is so similar to the Swedish adaptation that it's difficult to review it for anyone who's already seen the original version. This is undeniably a well-made movie with a flawless cast and no real issues to complain… More
  The American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is so similar to the Swedish adaptation that it's difficult to review it for anyone who's already seen the original version. This is undeniably a well-made movie with a flawless cast and no real issues to complain about, but it inevitably makes a mystery story like this less compelling when you've already seen how it's going to play out. Fincher doesn't throw in any wrinkles or curves, which is hardly a flaw but did lessen the movie's impact on me. If you haven't seen the original version, though, see this immediately. It's excellent, dark, brutal, and as good of a mystery you're likely to see in a while.

• Melvin W

  
  Henrik Vanger: It was then that I noticed Harriet wasn't there. And she wasn't there the next morning, or the next, or the next 40 years.  "What is Hidden in Snow, Comes Forth in the Thaw." This review for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is coming from someone… More
  Henrik Vanger: It was then that I noticed Harriet wasn't there. And she wasn't there the next morning, or the next, or the next 40 years.  "What is Hidden in Snow, Comes Forth in the Thaw." This review for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is coming from someone who has read the trilogy, and has also seen the original Swedish films. I loved everything about the books and the movies. So when I first heard that it would be remade, I was skeptical. That was until I saw all the talent that would be involved, what with David Fincher directing, and a cast that had Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, and Christopher Plummer. All of which are perfectly cast. If the material for a remake is put in the right hands, it can often be a rewarding experience. I was also skeptical about Let Me In, the remake of the Swedish, Let The Right One In, but I ended up loving it almost as much as the original. The same is the case here. I loved Fincher's film. This film is exceptionally well made in every single aspect. It looks amazing, with great snowy scenery framing the depressing story that takes place. Every performance is good, with the standout performance coming from Rooney Mara who had the tough task of taking over the role that Naomi Rapice played so well in the original films. She gives an Oscar worthy performance in which you will barely be able to recognize her, amidst all the piercings and tattoos.  Fincher does a good job setting the tone right from the beginning and the bleak and depressing feeling of the movie never leaves the viewer. I felt the exact way through this, as I did during the original. Every detail of the movie leaves you feeling claustrophobic. From the music to the cinematography to the well shot and very disturbing scenes; it isn't a feel good movie by any standards.  I really don't know if I like this one or the original better. All I know is that I love them both. Fincher was definitely the man for the job. So if you're one of those people who has put off watching this because you feel like it has done a disservice to the original; watch it now, because it hasn't. It's extremely respectful to the source material, while doing a good job in setting itself apart. This is truly a unique remake.

• Tim S

  
  David Fincher is another director who's work I'm always the most interested in seeing when it's released. I'd like to open by saying that I haven't read any of the novels this film is based on, nor have I seen the 2009 Swedish films. People have been crying… More
  David Fincher is another director who's work I'm always the most interested in seeing when it's released. I'd like to open by saying that I haven't read any of the novels this film is based on, nor have I seen the 2009 Swedish films. People have been crying "remake this" and "remake that" to me upon its release, instead of judging the movie on its own merits. Coming to the table clueless has given me a fresh slate to work with. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is likely to be the first film in a series of films about, well, a girl with a dragon tattoo. It's also about a journalist who is investigating the forty year disappearance of a young girl who was possibly murdered. The film is generally dark, violent and intense, and not an easy watch for general audience members who are looking for a standard mystery thriller. It is that, but it's not really about that. The rape scenes are pretty disgusting and intense, so be forewarned beforehand. The plot of the film is a pretty standard fare, and if you're paying attention you can figure it out early on (I did). However, that's not why you should be watching this. You should be watching it for the relationship between all of the characters, how they relate to each other and act off of each other. Everyone gives great performances, the film looks fantastic, the score blends well with the sound design and the story concludes leaving you wanting more, in a good way. It may not be Fincher's most stand-out film, but it's certainly not to be overlooked. Forget that it's a new adapation (or remake, depending on your viewpoint) and you'll enjoy it.

• Jason S

  
  As a fan of the original Swedish film version of the book I was excited to see what Fincher would do with the material. All in all it looks and feels very similar. The new actors in the roles make them their own though which makes it feel like a whole new viewing experience.

• Veronique K

  
  the original novel of the girl with the dragon tattoo deals with the corruption of neoliberal information economy, the loothole of swedish welfare state regarding the violence against women and the force of european xenophobia since ww2(nazism, and the nowegian massacre was the best… More
  the original novel of the girl with the dragon tattoo deals with the corruption of neoliberal information economy, the loothole of swedish welfare state regarding the violence against women and the force of european xenophobia since ww2(nazism, and the nowegian massacre was the best proof that it still exists). there're two polarized spatial forms juxtaposed interchangably: the invisible immanent cyberspace where lisabeth salander could flow fluently within and the xenophobic space of hedestade (a fictional swedish town for vanger family)...the original title of it is MEN WHO HATE WOMEN. and each chapter has a man who hates women manifested, awaiting to be eliminated by lisabeth salander. it also shows how frightfully savage this world could be, concerning its inherent hate toward the womankind, something you gloss over but cannot eradicate within. somehow the english translation of the book decides to take a different title: the girl with the dragon tattoo, and the purpose is obvious, just to downplay its criticism toward the faults of information economy, global finance and the failure of welfare state in advanced country like sweden. all these are just so jarringly negative! and real! (unpleasant)..thus the anglo-saxons decide to redeem it with a positivity by changing the entire focus on the woman, purposely interpreting it through a feminist perspective with slogan like YOU CAN DO IT (on your own while we leave you all alone to die or get f**ked if you don't help yourself)! the best solution is to turn lisabeth salander into a sex symbol to be ripped off by female and male audience all together! after all, it's the time of neoliberalism (=laisser faire without rules..rich richer, freer; poor poorer, less freer). and it is the best way to commercialize this novel of steig larsson's. it gives women a falsified sense of emancipation that they could do ANYTHING. both the swedish original and the american remake concentrate on lisabeth salander's sex appeal. the biggest difference is: noomi rapace is the comparatively more queer lisabeth (magnetically raw and "handsome") while rooney mara is the straight icy queen who occassionally trespasses into the queer domain (elegant and slenderly curvaceous). the subversion of the swedish original is the gender-reversal while the american one plays it safe, balances the sphere of genders with james bond (craig) while enriching it with kaleiscopic visuals and vibrant wisecrackers. in the original novel, lisabeth is more like: her physical features would be "pale and anorexic" with "hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows." Also, "she had a wasp tattoo about an inch long on her neck" and she dyed her hair "raven black." She also looks "almost Asian" due to her high cheekbones with her "extreme slenderness," and she occasionally wear black lipstick (41). as for her sexual orientation: "Salander - unlike - Mimmi(her regular girlfriend) - had never thought of herself as a lesbian. She had never brooded over whether she was straight, gay or, or even bisexual. If she had to choose, she preferred guys - they were in the lead, statistically speaking. She did not give a damn about labels, did not see that it was anyone else's business whom she spent her nights with" (Larsson 357). in other words, she's like an apparition with a shapeless body, asianistic features and she does prefer man. the only reason she seeks woman for sex is because woman possesses no menace to her! i don't regard her as a sex symbol if she's portrayed exactly by the book. the focus is on the aspect of social filth presented through severe misogyny, and the only way to lighten it is to eroticize lisabeth salander. so everyone could be happy. of course, the title sequence featuring figures dipped in petroleum is amazing, and it does render the zeitgeist of 21st century, each human becomes a thing-object to be consumed then wrecked by international money-exchange intensified through the monopoly of petroleum while they indulge in extremified rape and mayhem. (over-interpretion? i guess so. ha.)

• Saskia D

  
  Although my rating for this movie is the same as the original. I liked the other one better. Maybe this review shouldn't be about comparing the two, but it's hard not to... The characters and the chemistry between them weren't as strong. I liked the slow pace in the… More
  Although my rating for this movie is the same as the original. I liked the other one better. Maybe this review shouldn't be about comparing the two, but it's hard not to... The characters and the chemistry between them weren't as strong. I liked the slow pace in the other movie, but it bothered me here. Mara was interesting enough to look at as Lisbeth Salander. What annoyed the shit out of me was that some of the characters had a fake Swedish accent. I don't really get why Fincher or whoever made that choice. It didn't make any sense and made it look artificial (for lack of a better word). Especially since Craig and Plummer didn't have any audible accent at all.

• Jennifer D

  
  Oddly enough, as good as the remake. Which is a shock in an of itself. Fabulous everything.

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."</i> Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More
  <i>"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."</i> Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is indeed a girl's movie, for it is about misogyny and the revenge women can sometimes get. In between is a standard thriller, albeit classy and European, so there's much more investigation than shooting. It's an American product, based on the Swedish film of the same name in 2009, itself based on the Stieg Larsson novels about a wildly eccentric 23 year old woman, Lisbeth (Rooney Mara), who has the investigative skills of Sherlock Holmes and the prowess of La Femme Nikita. Daniel Craig plays a disgraced journalist, Mikael, engaged by a powerful family to answer one of its darkest secrets and at the same time get revenge on his courtroom antagonist, who caused his disgrace. He enjoins Lisbeth to help the investigation. With women the victims in both parts of the story, the investigations have parallel themes of revenge and feminism. Lisbeth is one of the most complicated women ever on screen. Alternately kinky and remote, tough and vulnerable, she also is ultra modern navigating both technology and sex. This iteration has all the plot points of the original and an enhancement of the relationship between journalist and assistant. In the end all is tied up, with an anticlimax that could have been left behind although it is interesting to see how the criminals receive their just rewards. Overall the film is stylish and decidedly brutal with a cerebral overlay complementing the base acts that include incest and Nazis just in case rape were not enough for the audiences on both sides of the pond. That the American version could so soon after the Swedish compel viewers and stand on its own is a tribute to director David Fincher and novelist Larsson.

• Stella D

  
  not half bad and rooney mara was really up for the part. my biggest concern was how she would fill the hole left by noomi rapace but i have to say she was quite impressive. i continue to enjoy reznor's soundtrack work. i wasn't a huge fan of the original film (besides… More
  not half bad and rooney mara was really up for the part. my biggest concern was how she would fill the hole left by noomi rapace but i have to say she was quite impressive. i continue to enjoy reznor's soundtrack work. i wasn't a huge fan of the original film (besides noomi) and this was actually a bit better. still can't watch that rape scene tho

• Michael S

  
  Remakes are a hard case, especially when the film prior is still fresh in everyone's memory bank. Can said remake engage those who have seen the story before in the hand of another filmmaker? Can the film rise above the convention of many scene for scene retreads? Most… More
  Remakes are a hard case, especially when the film prior is still fresh in everyone's memory bank. Can said remake engage those who have seen the story before in the hand of another filmmaker? Can the film rise above the convention of many scene for scene retreads? Most importantly, can the film break the mold and be accepted as a standalone effort? For David Fincher's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," the answer's a resounding yes. Quite frankly I like it as much as any film I've seen in the past year. (more to come)

• Al S

  
  This film is literally a knockout, it hits you in the head and in the gut with its wrenching intensity and is shocking and truly breathtaking. A masterpiece. A true instant classic. It`s bold, intense, visceral and unforgettable. A spectacular and powerful movie. This is one hell of a… More
  This film is literally a knockout, it hits you in the head and in the gut with its wrenching intensity and is shocking and truly breathtaking. A masterpiece. A true instant classic. It`s bold, intense, visceral and unforgettable. A spectacular and powerful movie. This is one hell of a hard-boiled and mind-blowing thrill-machine. Director, David Fincher crafts one of his finest films with this outstanding remake of the remarkable Swedish film. An ultra-stylish, hypnotic, haunting and twistedly entertaining thriller that`s highly addictive. An insanely thrilling and utterly bone-chilling edge of your seat thriller that will leave you breathless. An intense, well-crafted and superbly performend film that is a cocktail chilling visuals and stunning suspense. The suspense is sizzling hot and keeps you riveted and guessing every step of the way. Daniel Craig gives a brilliant and terrific performance, he steps out of the shoes of James Bond and into a darker and more challenging role. Rooney Mara is sensational, she gives a risky, intense and amazing performance that will likely bring her to stardom. This film is wickedly smart and darkly disturbing and altogether astonishing.

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