Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)

Director:

Niels Arden Oplev

Writers:

Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay)
Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 February 2009 (Denmark)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a journalist and a young female hacker. |

Plot Keywords:

Hacker | Female Hacker | Journalist | Jail | Handcuffs

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Michael Nyqvist	...	Mikael Blomkvist
Noomi Rapace	...	Lisbeth Salander
Lena Endre	...	Erika Berger
Peter Haber	...	Martin Vanger
Sven-Bertil Taube	...	Henrik Vanger
Peter Andersson	...	The Lawyer Nils Bjurman
Ingvar Hirdwall	...	Dirch Frode
Marika Lagercrantz	...	Cecilia Vanger
Björn Granath	...	Gustav Morell
Ewa Fröling	...	Harriet Vanger
Michalis Koutsogiannakis	...	Dragan Armanskij
Annika Hallin	...	Annika Giannini
Sofia Ledarp	...	Malin Erikson
Tomas Köhler	...	'Plague'
David Dencik	...	Janne Dahlman

Also Known As:

Mænd der hader kvinder (Denmark)
Millennium: Part 1 - Men Who Hate Women (International: English title) (series title)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (International: English title)
Verblendung (Germany)

Runtime:

152 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Bern) | Italy:VM14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Germany:16 | UK:18 | Argentina:16 | Chile:TE

Filming Locations:

Gamla Enskede, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Danish Filminstitute

Trivia:

Noomi Rapace took motorcycle license as a preparation for the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the still photos from the movies, Lisbeth Salander's camera is shown to be a Canon EOS series. In the movie, the download software on her MacBook reveals it as a Nikon.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009)

Dark Thriller

While I haven't read the books/novels, I enjoyed the movie very much. Even if it's only part 1 of the trilogy, it still feels like a movie that has a beginning and an ending. I can't say how that works in the books, but the translation to the screen seems really good (voting here underlines that).

While thrillers are mostly considered TV material and this one might borderline on that fine edge, it still deserves to be seen on the big screen. The actors (mostly unrecognizable to the worldwide audience) are really good. The editing and pacing is great and it's really a great suspense movie. A little thriller that dares to go to dark places.