Another beast from Fincher

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2020)

It's David Fincher. So, the movie is dark, bleak (visually and tone). But it really works in every way here, because of the story. Mikael (Daniel Craig), an investigative reporter denounced for.. basically "fake news", is hired by a the head of one of the biggest companies of Sweden to investigate an old unresolved crime, which could involve people from within the big family that owns it. The other plot is about Salander (Rooney Mara), a private investigator with psychological problems. Eventually, both would join forces to figure it all out.
The acting is really good and convincing (if you don't care that they speak in english. It's a problem...). Rooney Mara makes believable a, sometimes, over the top character. The movie fells like a more realistic and emotional "Seven". The editing is superb, without a boring second, even when we have tons of exposition (to make us understand the places, characters and facts of the story). The score is great and the production superb.
In some ways, this is like "Zodiac", but without the "based on real life" restrictions, the exploration of the characters, victims and victimizers and all in between, felt complete and better. Maybe it's just me, but I think it explores the power dynamics in society that we accept which allows people to suffer alone and lets others to impart suffering "in front of our eyes". Anyways, between the great story and the great Fincher, we got a little masterpiece.