Adapting a best-seller for the screen is normally a safe bet for a studio, but a decidedly risky proposition for a director. While there is a considerable built-in audience that is virtually guaranteed to buy a ticket, many of those viewers are predisposed to criticize the film because of its inevitable differences from the book. While the most dedicated fans of Stieg Larsson’s international best-seller
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will find enough discrepancies in Niels Arden Oplev’s film to help them achieve their nitpicking fix, it is difficult to imagine anyone exiting the theater feeling disappointed by this riveting thriller.
Regardless of t...
Released:
2009
Rated:
n/a
Length:
154 mins