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The Girl in the Spider's Web

  • 20182018
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  • 1h 55m
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6.1/10
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Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
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Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
49K
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POPULARITY
2,140
96
    • Fede Alvarez
  • Writers
    • David Lagercrantz(based on the novel by)
    • Stieg Larsson(with characters introduced in the Millenium series by)
    • Jay Basu(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Claire Foy
    • Beau Gadsdon
    • Sverrir Gudnason
    • Fede Alvarez
  • Writers
    • David Lagercrantz(based on the novel by)
    • Stieg Larsson(with characters introduced in the Millenium series by)
    • Jay Basu(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Claire Foy
    • Beau Gadsdon
    • Sverrir Gudnason
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    • 495User reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 43Metascore
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    Volker Bruch and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
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    Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
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    Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

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    Claire Foy
    Claire Foy
    • Lisbeth Salander
    Beau Gadsdon
    Beau Gadsdon
    • Young Lisbeth Salander
    Sverrir Gudnason
    Sverrir Gudnason
    • Mikael Blomkvist
    LaKeith Stanfield
    LaKeith Stanfield
    • Ed Needham
    Sylvia Hoeks
    Sylvia Hoeks
    • Camilla Salander
    Carlotta von Falkenhayn
    Carlotta von Falkenhayn
    • Young Camilla Salander
    Stephen Merchant
    Stephen Merchant
    • Frans Balder
    Christopher Convery
    Christopher Convery
    • August Balder
    Claes Bang
    Claes Bang
    • Jan Holtser
    Synnøve Macody Lund
    Synnøve Macody Lund
    • Gabriella Grane
    Cameron Britton
    Cameron Britton
    • Plague
    Vicky Krieps
    Vicky Krieps
    • Erika Berger
    Andreja Pejic
    Andreja Pejic
    • Sofia
    Mikael Persbrandt
    Mikael Persbrandt
    • Alexander Zalachenko
    Thomas Wingrich
    Thomas Wingrich
    • Grane's Home Security
    Andreas Tietz
    • Camilla's Driver
    Paula Schramm
    Paula Schramm
    • Malin Erikson
    Anja Karmanski
    Anja Karmanski
    • Landlord
      • Fede Alvarez
    • Writers
      • David Lagercrantz(based on the novel by)
      • Stieg Larsson(with characters introduced in the Millenium series by)
      • Jay Basu(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Stieg Larsson had planned to write ten books about Lizbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and the notes are in the possession of his partner, Eva Gabrielson. However, since they were not married, his father and brother inherited the rights to his literary estate upon his death, and the two parties never came to terms about the direction of the series. The family then hired another writer to create new stories. This film is based on the novel of the same name, the fourth book in the series and the first one not to be written by Stieg Larsson as he had died before he could write anymore entries.
    • Goofs
      The villains kill Balder and kidnap his son August along with the program they are after. At that point, they have absolutely no idea that August would be able to open the program for them. It would make more logical sense to take the creator of the program to help them get into it rather than kill him and hope that some other character could.
    • Quotes

      Lisbeth Salander: You can't blame me for leaving that day.

      Camilla Salander: That day? This is not about a day. This is about a lifetime. Are you not Lisbeth Salander, the righter of wrongs? The girl who hurts men who hurt women? All those lucky ladies. Wives, mothers, sisters. I could never figure it out. Why did you help everyone but me? For sixteen years, every day, you chose not to save me.

    • Alternate versions
      In Singapore, the theatrical release was edited in order to obtain an NC16 classification (after the uncut version was passed M18). The distributor chose to remove brief sexual images in three scenes (sight of two characters having sex on a mobile phone screen, a shot of full female nudity, and some discreet sexual images in a nightclub). The film remains uncut in all other countries worldwide.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Kurt Russell/Claire Foy/David Walliams/Lee Evans/Mumford and Sons (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Liebestraume Nr. 3 As-Dur Op. 62
      Written by Franz Liszt

      Performed by Dubravka Tomsic Srebotnjak (as Dubravka Tomsic)

      Courtesy of Forman Bros. Recordings

      Under license from One Media IP

    User reviews495

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    5/10
    A tangled spider's web
    Love the books and the first Swedish 'The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo' and really liked the follow ups and David Fincher film. Another big attraction was Claire Foy, like her very much as an actress, with her fair share of great performances, and wanted to see how she would fare in a different role. 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' was also part of my seeing as many 2018 films as possible quest.

    While it was by no means a terrible film, 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' was a disappointment. Not just when comparing it to the Swedish films and the Fincher version, all vastly superior, but also on its own (which is a fairer way to judge for me), the latter even more so. It is not one of the worst films of the year but it's one of the weaker films seen the past month or so at the cinema (saw five films in one and a half weeks at the cinema at the time of seeing this, and of those five 'Widows' was the best with 'Robin Hood' the worst).

    'The Girl in the Spider's Web' does have good things. Claire Foy attacks Lisbeth with fierce intensity and gusto, no question of her commitment to this role here, and hers a more than admirable interpretation of the character. Really liked the production values, with some jaw-droppingly stunning scenery and stylishly bleak photography. The music has the right amount of rousing intensity.

    In the early parts of the film, the action is well staged and exciting, one of the better ones being the motorcycle/frozen lake sequence. The prosthetics are very well done, there is particularly one grisly bit that won't be spoilt but that made for one of the more unsettling scenes for any film seen this year. A few supporting performances are decent, Lakeith Stanfield is the most involving while Stephen Merchant makes the most of little and Sylvia Hoeks brings an imperious iciness to a rather underwritten role.

    However, most of the supporting cast are at best forgettable. One of the biggest disappointments was how much of a spare part with not much personality plot device Mikael was rather than playing a properly crucial role he did in the stories of the other films. Sverrir Gudnason was rather bland in the role. The character development most of the time was barely there, Lisbeth is the only character that was properly explored, the rest were completely soulless generally with the underwritten villains not being as threatening as ought and pretty uninteresting and vague flashbacks.

    Later on the action does become somewhat too noisy and predictable that they are more tedious than exciting. The dialogue completely lacks tautness and fails to properly intrigue. Alvarez's direction is competent but not exactly inspired. But it's the story that's the biggest issue here, it started off well with a dark tension but that gets lost too early and the steely intensity, psychological depth and glued to the seat creepiness are absent. Any promise is undone in the wildly improbable final act in particular, with some truly nonsensical moments, vague ones (the technological element gets muddled) and reliant on unlikely coincidences. There was an attempt at emotion in the climactic confrontation but it was too forced and tacked on, failing to resonate.

    Concluding, watchable but a disappointment. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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      • November 9, 2018 (United States)
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