The Swedish Version

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2012)

Interesting to compare and contrast. I watched about half an hour of this and lost interest before seeing the Daniel Craig English version. They jumbled about a few scenes and character interactions and who was related to who, exactly. But it's essentially the same plot in Swedish.
The scenes where the female lead is raped and retaliates for being raped are a lot more graphic than the American version would allow.
This movie was much cheaper and therefore not as well crafted. They didn't fit every character perfectly into his or her role.
Still, I'd recommend it as a take, as it had two sequels that Hollywood can't wait to copy.
In this one, the reporter actually goes to prison for libel, something that they didn't do in the American version probably because Americans wouldn't understand that in other parts of the world, they actually do that.