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Synopsis

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger’s are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. —SXSW

Director

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Niels Arden Oplev

Niels Arden Oplev (born March 26, 1961) is a writer-director from Denmark. He directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film based on Stieg Larsson’s novel of the same title and won critical acclaim internationally. Oplev decided to not continue directing the second and third parts of the Millennium Trilogy due to time constraints. The film has broken box office records in Europe, grossing over $100 million USD. He is set to direct The Keep based again on the novel with the same name and Good People based on the novel by Marcus Sakey. —Wikipedia 

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Synyoung Li

25Mar13

I just watched this movie again, wondering whether I had watched this movie before...apparently it's forgettable. Noomi Rapace isn't, though.

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NenaNadine

7Jan13

I wish Stellan Skarsgard was in this one.

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Maegatron, irien_tantya

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doublelife91

11Nov12

I liked this version more than Fincher's.

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porcelainfox, Baby Rocco, xxthcenturyfoxx

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gencorkun

2Nov12

I haven't read the book and that's probably why I actually liked the movie. Someone, somewhere with a PhD in cinema can give academic findings on book adaptations yet I always thought that while reading a book, I created a movie in my mind. And any other director who challenge my imagination is doomed with harsh criticism. Shortly, go and see the delightful chemistry between Nygvist and Rapace in a brilliant story.

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In Honor Of The Racy DRAGON TATTOO Effort, A Selection Of Poster Nipples.

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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) Review

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DRAGON TATTOO TRILOGY:EXTENDED EDITION on BLURAY

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Cue The Hyperbole! David Fincher Signs His Lisbeth Salander For THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

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[Last Time I Saw] The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

By lasttim​eisaw on December 21, 2010

Original Title: Man som hatar kvinnor
English Title: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Year: 2009
Country: Sweden/Denmark
Language: Swedish/English
Genre: Crime
Director: Niels…  read review

Grusome Crimes and Dynamic Leads

By Byron Brubake​r on November 16, 2010

This movie is quite long, but it didn’t feel too long to me. The mystery keeps progressing and the Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander characters continue to develop intriguingly. The complicated…  read review

really fun movie

By Marcus WP on July 29, 2010

It was a breath of fresh air to get a straight up thriller from a foreign country as opposed to the typical “art” films that we usually get over here. It’s hard to believe that the country most famous…  read review

On "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"

By Patapon on June 29, 2010

I went into this film wearing my badge of pride; I avoided the trailers and the, apparently larger than it seems, hype surrounding the adoration of the posthumously published “Millennium” trilogy that…  read review

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The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo: the Novel and the Film

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