Fantastic

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2011)

I have always read reviews and not taken the time to actually write my own, but for this film Ill make the exception.
For a fan of the books, I have seen the first Swedish film and now living in Sweden, working where it was filmed in Uppsala. I had a huge interest on how this film would reflect the book and more importantly Sweden.
Without giving too much away, I think this film has done an excellent job, I have abstained from giving a full 10 due to the slight change to the ending.
For me, the level of detail, subtleties of how we eat Sandwiches with cheese on the single slice of bread, the Swedish response when Mikael couldn't get a signal on his phone and much more. I loved this film and has truly put Sweden back on the map, its not all ABBA you know.
Rooney Mara in my opinion played Lisbeth better than Noomi as I thought Noomi Rapace was too old. The Swedish film didn't really mention the Wennerström affair and the money, which is a major platform for the next 2 books.
For a solid cast, great setting, I highly recommend this film.