The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Release Date

2/27/2009

Runtime

152 mins

Overview

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

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Budget

$13,000,000

Revenue

$109,421,911

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A methodical and unsettling crime investigation that balances meticulous detective work with the psychological scars of its characters. The film's power lies in its refusal to look away from brutality while centering the agency of its traumatized female lead.

Mood

TenseParanoidDefiant

Themes

JusticeCorruptionPowerRedemptionIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual violenceSexual contentBody horror

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