Original Swedish movie title is “Men Who Hate Women” so from the title, you can gather it’s not a Nancy Drewish kind of high school murder mystery.
There is nudity, violence (very) but not so much that you would feel uncomfortable enough to give up the movie.
Synopsis:
Wealthy old man hires journalist to find out what happened to his granddaughter who went missing 40 years ago. Along the way, journalist enlists the help of biker-punk-chick and together they discover dark family secrets of the Vanger family while trying to solve the mystery of missing Harriet.
I kinda guessed who the murderer was right from the start. Plotlines of the movie were also kinda predictable. Reminds me of La Femme Nikita.
I think that the movie kind of tries to do too much and there are lots of leftover plotlines you’re left wondering what to do with but maybe they are setting up plotlines for the latter movies. (This is the first movie in a trilogy based on the Millennium series of novels.) Doesn’t disturb you too much but does make the movie very long at over 2h.
Is it just me or is there a certain enjoyment with watching a movie in a foreign language?
Singapore release: Aug 2010
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