Good mystery movie regardless of accuracy vs. original novel

Rating: 7/10 (16 October 2018)

Disclaimer: I have never read any book of Larsson's series nor I have I watched the Swedish films. Therefore, I started watching the movie with lower expectations than most who have reviewed the movie.
I think overall the movie delivers an interesting mystery / semi-thriller which you can ejoy without any previous knowledge of the books.

Background is well established and helps understand the motivations of the different categories

-Acting is good. Particularly the actress that plays Lisbeth which obviously benefits frmo a very well crafted carachter but still delivers what is a bit of a anti-hero - we root for her the whole time despite being clearly someone whith mental issues and not very capable of living in an organised society

the solution to the main mistery is very engaging - we do want to know who killed Harriet and are moved by Henrik's determination. Equally, the outcome is not that obvious, which is a plus (even if not completely jaw dropping)
movie is dark all throughout which really helps to enhance the enigma of it all
despite not being an open ended movie, I felt it does make me wish to have more to find out about these people and their backgrounds