Based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), an anti-social computer hacker with a photographic memory and a terrible personal history comes to form a bond with Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), a disgraced journalist, that will eventually lead to the uncovering of the political scandal that spawned the series.
This first instalment entails a cold-case investigation of the disappearance and presumed murder of Harriet Vanger (Moa Garpendal), niece to retire industrial magnate Henrik (Christopher Plummer, recently viewed in Beginners [2011].
Although I enjoyed the film, I found the lack of consistency in portraying Swedish-language material annoying. Either show the documents in Swedish or in English, but don't flip-flop, depending upon how important it is for the audience to understand the contents.
With Stellan Skarsgård (recently in A Somewhat Gentle Man [2010]) as Harriet's suitably evil cousin, Martin Vanger. Yorick van Wageningen plays the slimy Bjurman, whom I didn't recognize from his drug-addled character in The Way (2010).
PS The tattoo is also better in the Swedish version.
Although I enjoyed the film, I found the lack of consistency in portraying Swedish-language material annoying. Either show the documents in Swedish or in English, but don't flip-flop, depending upon how important it is for the audience to understand the contents.
With Stellan Skarsgård (recently in A Somewhat Gentle Man [2010]) as Harriet's suitably evil cousin, Martin Vanger. Yorick van Wageningen plays the slimy Bjurman, whom I didn't recognize from his drug-addled character in The Way (2010).
PS The tattoo is also better in the Swedish version.
Speaking out:
86%/90% rottentomatoes.com (6 Jan 2012*)
* Date of web access.
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