Very good thriller

Rating: 7/10 (15 March 2011)

Män som hatar kvinnor is something so rare as a good, tense and exciting Swedish thriller. Based on a successful novel it got a well developed and well worked story that is adapted well to the screen. One of its main strengths is that the characters are well written, outside many stereotypes with a partly hidden but always relevant history that is revealed along the way.
It is a long movie, with a running time of at least 150 minutes (depending on version), but that is due to that the movie really takes its time to establish the characters before the mystery is introduced. I think that was a good choice. It makes the movie long, but never slow or boring. There is always some development to keep interest, to keep viewers on the edge.
The weakest link in the movie, unfortunately, is the mystery. The solution presents itself almost immediately, and is too easy to resolve. However, that doesn't take away the suspense either. So Män som hatar kvinnor is a really good thriller. But to go from good to great, it needed to keep the solution a secret longer.
7/10