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Moviola > Films > The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) (18) 152 mins
Based on the bestselling literary phenomenon by Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a gripping thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Enigmatic computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) unite to solve the case of a missing girl. The unlikely duo form a fragile alliance as they dig into the past of a secretive and dysfunctional family. As they unravel a dark and appalling family history, Blomkvist and Salander are about to discover how close they can get to the truth before they too become the target.
"Swedish writer Stieg Larsson's shudderingly violent whodunnit has already been lined up for the Hollywood treatment, but it's unlikely to top this homegrown effort. It may be long, it may be brutally violent and it may have a plot requiring every bit of your attention, but it nonetheless grips from electrifying start to breathless finish." Daily Mirror
“The forbidding island setting, the winter chill, the frosty inhabitants, all combine with dread suspicions to create an uncommonly effective thriller. It's longer than average, but not slow, not after we become invested in the depravity of the case. There are scenes involving rape, bondage and assault that are stronger than most of what serves in the movies for sexual violence, but these scenes are not exploitation. This is not a deep psychological study. But it's a sober, grown-up film. It has action, but not the hyperkinetic activity that passes for action in too many American movies. It has sex, but not eroticism. Its male lead is brave and capable, but not macho. Its female lead is sexy in the abstract, perhaps, but not seductive or alluring. This is a movie about characters who have more important things to do than be characters in an action thriller.” Roger Ebert "There are framed dried flowers, black and white photographs, Nazi brothers, a diary with numbers and names that do not match, biblical references, religious rituals, old fashioned business practices, sexual perversions and horrors of which we eventually become aware. Pay attention: clues and red herrings are tantalisingly delivered throughout, and beyond the central mystery, there is plenty more we want to learn about the girl who is as handy with a tattoo needle as she is with a computer network. The resolutions are beautifully handled; nothing is overdone and we're allowed the gift of subtlety. It's long but this is a film that is as permanent as any tattoo." Urban Cinefile For more information, and to see a trailer and stills, visit the official website at www.thegirlwiththedragontattoo.co.uk
Showing: Sat 15 Jan Hinton St George Sat 26 Mar Brockenhurst
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