

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $109.4M
- Language
- Swedish
- journalist
- island
- bondage
- rape
- strong woman
- hacker
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- blow job
- antisocial personality disorder
- female protagonist
- whodunit
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Produced in
Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival8 Jan 2010
- Theatrical (limited)19 Mar 2010
- TheatricalR30 Apr 2010
United KingdomGB
- Premiere18Cambridge Film Festival21 Sept 2009
- Theatrical1812 Mar 2010
- Physical18DVD19 Jul 2010
United Arab EmiratesAE
- TV29 Oct 2021
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+19 Dec 2009
CanadaCA
- Theatrical29 May 2009
- Theatrical (limited)English subtitles16 Apr 2010
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical18 Feb 2010
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical20 May 2009
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical27 Jan 2011
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival23 Oct 2009
- Theatrical1614 May 2010
ChileCL
- Theatrical22 Apr 2010
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical30 Apr 2010
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical151 Jul 2010
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was released on 27 February 2009.
Audience reviews
3- P9/10
Peter McGinn
12/5/2021
Oddly, the version of this movie I watched contained both English subtitles and dubbing, and after a while I wished I could turn off the dubbing and go with just the subtitles, so that their mouths would always move at the right times. I watched the U.S. production of this with Daniel Craig many years ago, and I liked it, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to compare the two. My f=general impression, though, i…
- D8/10
Dr Nostromo
11/20/2025
82/100 A reporter's social disgrace for libel, rape and revenge, the investigation of serial killings going back to the 40's, all centered around a girl's disappearance in 1966. Made in Sweden two years earlier than the U.S. version, this is the first in the Lisbeth trilogy ...the other 2 films made at the same time and coming out later in 2009. Both versions place their story emphasis on different parts making ea…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/2/2026
Soon to be incarcerated after losing a libel suit against a billionaire, journalist "Mikael" (Michael Nyqvist) is surprised to take a call from a wealthy Swedish industrialist who has a task for him. "Henrik" (Sven Bertil-Taube) has long since been concerned about the supposed killing of his niece, and is convinced that someone from within his own dysfunctional family could be responsible so he asks "Mikael" to inves…
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