The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

She's coming.

I guess Hollywood thought there was money to be made remaking the perfectly excellent Swedish trilogy, the first episode of which has now arrived. The script is taken directly from the book, rather than the Swedish films. A disgruntled journalist is hired by an ageing businessman to investigate the disappearance of his niece forty years ago. The journalist eventually hooks up with a young female computer hacker, who brings considerable baggage of her own along, while their investigation points to people in high places with deep secrets they would prefer remain buried.

153 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Sex, Nudity, Violence).
Crime, Detective/Mystery, Drama, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Let me show you the death touch...

Credits

Cast	Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright
Director	David Fincher
Screenplay	Steven Zaillian, from the novel by Stieg Larsson
Music	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography	Jeff Cronenweth
Editing	Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Columbia Pictures, MGM, Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird Films, Film Rites, Ground Control

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Thriller, mystery, drama
Language	Moderate, infrequent
Nudity	Breasts, buttocks, sexual context
Sex	Several strong sex scenes
Violence	Strong, frequent, realistic, explicit
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Some
Comments	Plenty of threat, menace and suspense.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star David Germain This film captures the coldness of the climate and remoteness of the northern Sweden countryside in a tactile fashion to complement the frosty and distant nature of the characters. This film deserves an encore.	15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy 'Dragon Tattoo' revisited.	10
Box Office Sara Maria Cizcarrondo Pretty, perverse and impersonal.	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs By the time everything is resolved (and the villain explains his motivation while torturing the hero, yada-yada-yada) this ends up being a frustrating, mixed bag experience.	11
Metacritic.com 41 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 190 critics	15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Brutal yet captivating, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the result of David Fincher working at his lurid best with total role commitment from star Rooney Mara.	17
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	15
Movie Review Intelligence 51 critics	16
What the People say
Internet 17250 Netizens U.S. version does not do justice, go for the Swedish version	16
Average .. 71%	14