Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) by Nadine M — 07 Aug 2014

A suspenseful story and a long one at that. It is an emotional and graphic drama that keeps your interest throughout.

This review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) was written by Nadine M on 07 Aug 2014.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Paul K (987) on 30 Jan 2017

The Scandinavian original, shown recently on TV. Eleanor winced at the violence which is fairly gruelling but not gratuitous…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Ewc O (186) on 07 Jul 2016

Thoroughly tense with believable characters and great performances…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 28 Jun 2017

The feminist subtext should come as no surprise given Larsson's lifelong advocacy on social-justice issues, but it also is a refreshing slant…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Caitlin L (508) on 01 Jul 2016

An amazing series. Better than the American one…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Tim N (256) on 13 Apr 2017

This Swedish original captures the book really well. Noomi Rapace is stunning as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist is great…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Kiwi B (6) on 05 Mar 2016

I am surprised by how much I enjoyed this film…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Sagaciousfrank . (69) on 08 Oct 2016

I first watched the American (Fincher) adaptation about two years ago because it was going for cheap on Blu-Ray…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Art S (1,002) on 27 Nov 2018

Absolutely fantastic movie, I love sub-titles anyway and never feel they take away from the movie, it does have some disturbing rape scenes…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Andrew K (2,033) on 18 Feb 2018

Good crime thriller with some clever twists but a bit flabby. It might have been more gripping in the cinema…

Read Review

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 14 Jun 2021

I finished Larsson's novel with the uncomfortable sense it used a good mystery as an excuse to dwell on sadism and perversity -- an aspect…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Fatherland (1994)

By Ibb - (8) on 05 Jun 2008

Gah, I hated it. Too american. Esp. the SS. Didn't like the idea of them working as mere cops. ._…

Read Review

Review of The Dead Zone (1983)

By Grayson S (30) on 03 Jan 2013

Tama elokuva kiinnosti kylla mutta lassahti niin pahasti etten viitsinyt katsoa edes loppuun asti…

Read Review

Review of Runaway Jury (2003)

By Cat (13) on 27 Jul 2006

The worst movie I have ever seen, bar none. And I believe in gun control…

Read Review

Review of The Devotion of Suspect X (2017)

By Maggie Lee (98) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Apr 2017

Ultimately, the film’s elaborately-mapped plots are unraveled in a blow-by-blow account that doesn’t give the brain much of a workout,…

Read Review

Review of The Omega Man (1971)

By Steve C (928) on 18 Sep 2016

The Omega Man is a movie based on the novel I Am Legend, however it seems the script writers took some significant liberties with the source…

Read Review

Review of The Secret Garden (1993)

By Joshua L (2,111) on 08 Feb 2012

Fuckin bores the crap outta me, I will never watch it again not even if im paid 2…

Read Review

Review of A Room with a View (1986)

By Shawn W (1,705) on 03 Apr 2017

A Room With A View is stuffed to the bring with acting talent - Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, just to name…

Read Review

Review of Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti (2017)

By Ross F (53) on 20 Jul 2018

Terrible So bad it's hard not to get up and leave Very very bad…

Read Review

Review of Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)

By Babygorgeous (13) on 19 Apr 2020

Anyone who likes this film has little intelligence, as it's so stupid with the constant fake outs, horrible story…

Read Review

Review of The American Friend (1977)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 24 Nov 2021

This is very much a European arty film - there is fairly little dialogue and it has some good cinematography…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

54%39 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

78%952 Reviews

Domino

2005

52%607 Reviews

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

1986

56%679 Reviews

Water Lilies

2007

67%169 Reviews

The Escape Artist

1982

61%12 Reviews

The Devil Wears Prada

2006

71%912 Reviews

Do You Believe?

2015

55%545 Reviews

The Tenant

1976

76%354 Reviews

Rise: Blood Hunter

2007

46%424 Reviews

Unfaithful

2009

58%472 Reviews