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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (MAN SOM HATAR KVINNOR)Movie Reviews
Swedish language crime thriller about a tomboyish punk hacker and ace private investigator who teams up with a disgraced middle-aged journalist to solve a decades-old crime. Cast:Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar HirdwallDirector:Niels Arden OplevRelease Date:March 5, 2010DVD Release:July 6, 2010From:Music Box FilmsRating:RLength:2 hr. 32 min.
JULY 6, 2010
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor), Very Good Reviews National
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) played in national release to very good reviews. • Tasha Robinson wrote for the AV Club, "...a poisonous gem... as much mood piece as mystery, and the mood is almost always disturbing." • And Joe Morgenstern wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "A stylish thriller with real complexity... nothing but good." More Reviews Below...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) Positive Reviews (44 Reviews, reviews below)
Mary Pols, Time: VERY GOOD "I thought I'd had quite enough but Rapace's quietly simmering performance made me curious about what 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' does next."(See all of Mary Pols's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 816 words, 03/19/10
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD(cg) "...inevitably simplifies some of the plot knots in Stieg Larsson's 2005 best-seller... But there's still enough sexual gruesomeness..."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 266 words, 03/19/10
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Danish director Niels Arden Oplev fits the puzzle pieces together like a grandmaster of the mystery game... His hauting and hypnotic movie gets under your skin."(See all of Peter Travers's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 227 words, 03/19/10
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Lisbeth is as compelling as any movie character in recent memory. Played by Noomi Rapace with an unwavering intensity..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 779 words, 03/18/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (11 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Ms. Rapace is a fine professional scowler... [however,] she tends to register as an intriguing idea instead of a thoroughly realized character."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 968 words, 03/19/10
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Niels Arden Oplev keeps the action relatively tight. But he revels in the story's sadism to an uncomfortable degree, especially in a needlessly vile rape scene."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 153 words, 03/19/10
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...mind-bending and mesmerizing... takes its time unlocking one mystery only to uncover another, all to chilling and immensely satisfying effect.... unrelenting..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 669 words, 03/19/10
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "Lisbeth Salander is a punk-Goth dynamo.... a finely plotted, stylishly photographed and brilliantly acted whodunit that clocks in at 2 1/2 hours but never seems long."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 346 words, 03/19/10
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...stars a wonderful Swedish-Icelandic actress named Noomi Rapace as the hacker and Michael Nyqvist as the reporter. They are excellent and subtle and honest."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 475 words, 03/19/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Lisbeth is as compelling as any movie character in recent memory. Played by Noomi Rapace with an unwavering intensity..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 779 words, 03/18/10
John Patterson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "An elegant contraction of the novel... may be a shallower experience than the book, but it has a headlong velocity all its own."(See all of John Patterson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 03/17/10
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD(cg) "Noomi Rapace delivers a complicated and deliciously contrary performance that tattoos Lisbeth Salander straight onto the brain."(See all of Peter Howell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 809 words, 04/16/10
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...director Niels Arden Oplev sustains the tension. And you can't take your eyes off Rapace, as the pansexual girl with the tattoo."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 04/15/10
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING(cg) "The rape and torture scenes, a vivid (and necessary) component of Larsson's book, are rendered with fearless detail... they are certainly not easy to watch."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 505 words, 03/19/10
Walter Addiego, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a potboiler that's entertaining enough to rise above its flaws, which include a 152-minute run time.... grim but watchable, in the David Fincher mold."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 377 words, 04/02/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a chilling detective tale, a horrific sexual abuse drama and an overlong, emotional, tie-up-every-loose-end melodrama..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 351 words, 05/07/10
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "Noomi Rapace bristles with electric energy and sexual heat... Peter Andersson is hissable as her repulsive court-appointed guardian."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 238 words, 03/19/10
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT(cg) "...resists the urge to psychologize its characters too explicitly... strikes a leisurely pace in unfolding the story over 2 1/2 hours.... finely crafted..."(See all of Kerry Lengel's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 429 words, 04/02/10
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...so full of cutting-edge energy and imagery that you may forget that what you're watching is built on the foundation of a good old-fashioned whodunit."(See all of Tom Maurstad's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 605 words, 04/02/10
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "...draws you with deceptive transparency, shamelessly embracing both lightness and the ridiculous while sustaining a high level of psychological credibility."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 716 words, 03/19/10
Laura DeMarco, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a slick, well-made, mainstream thriller... Played with violent, smoldering intensity by Noomi Rapace, Lisbeth steals the movie."(See all of Laura DeMarco's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 451 words, 04/09/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...long but moves swiftly, cutting between key scenes with a surgeon's precision. A combination of violent thriller, taut procedural and psychological drama..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 418 words, 03/19/10
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD(cg) "...goes down some truly appalling byways as it works its way through a plot that plays like a series of deliberate and hard-won revelations."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 04/16/10
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD(cg) "...it's the tender rapport that develops between Lisbeth and the older Blomqvist that sustains our interest in this violent, overlong film."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 364 words, 04/09/10
Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a bisexual cyber-punk computer hacker with a permanent chip on her shoulder... played to spiky perfection by Swedish spitfire Noomi Rapace..."(See all of Steve Persall's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 358 words, 04/29/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: EXCELLENT(cg) "...the previously unknown Rapace brings just the right stoic seethe to the character with her tight body a seeming constant knot of tension."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 441 words, 04/09/10
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Noomi Rapace's haunting, enigmatic Lisbeth is the element that leaves you eager for the next two installments. She's fantastic, and so is the movie."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 410 words, 04/09/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (7 Reviews)
John Patterson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "An elegant contraction of the novel... may be a shallower experience than the book, but it has a headlong velocity all its own."(See all of John Patterson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 03/17/10
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...veers from Visconti's 'The Damned' to Jonathan Demme's 'The Silence of the Lambs' without the decadence or the thrills of either."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 162 words, 03/18/10
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "...director Niels Arden Oplev sustains the tension. And you can't take your eyes off Rapace, as the pansexual girl with the tattoo."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 04/15/10
Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...relies on a workmanlike plot and direction worthy of a slick, exploitative TV series, but Rapace's intriguing character keeps a tight grip on your attention."(See all of Curt Holman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 453 words, 03/31/10
Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper: VERY GOOD "...took Sweden's Oscar-equivalent for 2009's Best Picture and Best Actress... That actress is Noomi Rapace, unforgettable here as Lisbeth..."(See all of Tricia Olszewski's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 588 words, 03/18/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (5 Reviews)
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: EXCELLENT "...the author is also a sharp social critic, so what his characters uncover isn't just crime, but a whole dark side to Swedish society."(See all of Bob Mondello's reviews...)(Listen to the full review...) 192 seconds, 03/19/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "A stylish thriller with real complexity, people with interesting faces, a sensational actress cast as an ambisexual Goth hacker heroine... nothing but good."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 295 words, 03/19/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Ms. Rapace is a fine professional scowler... [however,] she tends to register as an intriguing idea instead of a thoroughly realized character."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 968 words, 03/19/10
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...something about the conception of Lisbeth's character, about the far-reaching urgency of the sociopathic shock, smacks of a filmmaker pushing too hard..."(See all of Anthony Lane's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,293 words, 03/22/10
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...mind-bending and mesmerizing... takes its time unlocking one mystery only to uncover another, all to chilling and immensely satisfying effect.... unrelenting..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 669 words, 03/19/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...more of an action-light whodunit than a real thriller, and more of a CliffsNotes version than a deeply disturbing portrait of what's wrong with contempo Sweden."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 752 words, 04/27/09
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...a character-driven mystery of considerable emotional power, often harrowing and always compelling.... It isn't, however, above the hoariest of whodunit conventions..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 718 words, 03/09/10
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...mind-bending and mesmerizing... takes its time unlocking one mystery only to uncover another, all to chilling and immensely satisfying effect.... unrelenting..."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 669 words, 03/19/10
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: EXCELLENT(cg) "...the film is flawed, self-indulgent... [but] so fluidly directed and expertly acted that it'seasier to disregard its various shortcomings."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,419 words, 03/15/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Ms. Rapace is a fine professional scowler... [however,] she tends to register as an intriguing idea instead of a thoroughly realized character."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 968 words, 03/19/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "A stylish thriller with real complexity, people with interesting faces, a sensational actress cast as an ambisexual Goth hacker heroine... nothing but good."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 295 words, 03/19/10
13.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor)'s reviews are separated by an average 13.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) (44 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor)'s reviews cover 69.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 22,422 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 510 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) Coverage, Volume & Length (44 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 16 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor)'s reviews on average broke 16 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Man som hatar kvinnor) (44 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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