Remarkable!

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2009)

Wow! If you only think that, mainly, what we do know about Scandinavian cinema regards Ingmar & Ingrid Bergman, Max Von Sydow or Liv Ullman... How sad can it be for a really good movie like this to not have an international promotion! Sorry, I cannot recall the actors' names (sorry again!) but I think it's one of the best thrillers I've seen lately. Precisely (director) driven, beautifully played, great score, very interesting screenplay (and, I have no doubt, a great novel as its source...) all comes to almost 2,5 h of really "who dunnit" master work. I just saw it 20' ago, so I might be still excited by it, but I cannot make any comparison to any other Hollywood high/medium budget nice stories, with super-stars trying to be good detectives or profilers and failing to it. The first thing that comes to my mind is "Se7en", a movie that kept me to the edge of my seat. I felt almost the same now... Finally: all my respect to these high-class actors (the old Vagner, Martin Vagner himself, as supporting actors) but all my esteem for the roles of Mikael & Lisbeth. I hope to hear more from them. Don't miss it!