Noomi Rapace,
Michael Nyqvist,
Annika Hallin,
Alexandra Eisenstein,
Per Oscarsson
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The second installment of author Stieg Larsson's best-selling "Millennium" trilogy gets translated to the big screen with this tale of a prominent magazine publisher who launches a comprehensive inves... read more
Directed by: Daniel Alfredson
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Keywords:
action,
final,
noomi rapace,
dragon tattoo,
first one,
first film,
Noomi Rapace ,
Lisbeth Salander ,
Dragon Tattoo ,
Played With Fire
DVD Release Date: October 26, 2010
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February 13, 2011Following up the amazing Girl With The Dragon Tattoo film was a tall order. This was no where near as good as the first movie and seemed to be very haphazard in patching together important parts of the book while leaving the parts out that might make sense. The books excellent th... read more
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February 4, 2012Discounting the weak and slow beginning, this second part in the Millenium trilogy is just as enthralling as the original. I long pushed off to watch it, after hearing about all the low to luke-warm opinions, but it actually proved to be a very worthy sequel. In the first 30 min ... read more
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January 14, 2012With very few exceptions, sequels, prequels and trilogies are inherently unoriginal. Generally, they put recycled characters through déjà vu scenarios in marketable attempts to recapture previous box office glory. This film does that, but in an artful, intelligent manner.
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December 19, 2011It definitely has its moments, but "The Girl Who Played with Fire" doesn't have the grittiness that made the first one so spectacular. I did like the sequences involving Noomi Repace, but the parts with Michael Nyqvist felt so forced and unnecessary, hence my rating.
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September 9, 2011fb1216165431The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second film adaptation of the critically acclaimed Stieg Larsson work with the same title that explores the past. An efficient expansion with genuine suspense, though losing sophistication and subtlety in exposition from prequel The Girl With ... read more
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August 29, 2011Out of three, this movie was a bit of disappointment. I don't know why but I liked it less than the other two.
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August 26, 2011The second instalment in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series isn't as tense or gripping as the first, but it still has the great performances, the atmosphere, the awesome score and the violence of the first.
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August 16, 2011This was not nearly as good as the first one. They changed the director...and they really shouldn't....cause this guy ain't good. He has terrible storytelling....and he buries people when they should look cool...numerous times. And the story wasn't very good...we can't feel the c... read more
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July 21, 2011Another superbly acted installment of this gritty trilogy. Impressive performances all round.
More cover ups, corruption and abuse lead to an uncovering of more of Lisbeth's past and a deeper investigation. -
July 7, 2011fb619846742A well-made sequel to the smash hit 'Dragon Tattoo', this time chronicling the ongoings of mysterious Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and how she fights to clear her name after being framed for a triple-homicide, two of which were authors writing about people involved in prostitu... read more
Critic Reviews
August 4, 2010
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
August 4, 2010
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Delivers its first jolts moments after the opening credits and serves up surprisingly tender moments amidst the suspense and heart-pounding action. Full Review
July 16, 2010
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Resembles nothing so much as a workmanlike TV crime thriller. Full Review
July 15, 2010
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The Girl Who Played With Fire narrows instead of broadens, and while the final scenes are bloody indeed, they frustratingly raise questions the film doesn't care to answer for now. Full Review
July 14, 2010
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
In Rapace, it has an actress who brings a memorable literary character to indelible movie life, as Vivien Leigh did for Scarlett O'Hara. Full Review
July 9, 2010
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Alfredson directs with a perceptive eye and a roving camera, using oblique angles for a script that unfolds with programmatic efficiency. Full Review
July 9, 2010
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Gone is the first film's director, replaced by the prosaic Daniel Alfredson, who starts things off by swarming us with a perplexing array of characters. Full Review
July 9, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Directed by Daniel Alfredson and adapted by Jonas Frykberg, it's more gripping than Tattoo. Full Review
July 9, 2010
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
Rapace's Lisbeth Salander is worth the trouble; you haven't seen a cold stare like this since Clint was roaming the Italian hillsides. Then he was the man with no name, and now we have the woman with ... Full Review
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