Review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) by Scott W — 10 Nov 2012
The best reason to watch this film is Noomi Rapace's astonishing performance as Lisbeth Salander.
The three Swedish films of Larsson's Salander trilogy apparently were all filmed at the same time or edited from a six-part television version of the trilogy. They look more like television, not as cinematic, particularly in photography as the English version of The Girl With the Red Dragon. Everything is competent, but except for Rapace's performance, not thrilling. I did appreciate Aksel Morisse's subtle performance as Dr. Jonasson.
As a fan of the novels, I, as usual, miss the subplots and the compression inevitable in filmed versions. I particularly miss the Erika Berger subplot of leaving Millennium for the newspaper. Linked to that, I don't understand why the writers here had to make Berger a coward who wanted to suppress the Salander issue of Millennium. Also greatly missed is the novel's deeper exploration of the Section's subversion of Swedish democracy.
This review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) was written by Scott W on 10 Nov 2012.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest has generally received positive reviews.
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