Dark, very dark.

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2012)

Spoilers in this review, pretty much immediately.
The only reason I allowed myself to watch this movie is because I read firsthand that the rape victim gets her revenge. That alone got me through the scene, and her revenge was much more glorious than the 'parental guideline' implied (It was just a bare-bones 'this is what happened' anyway).
Barring that, it was a great movie. There's little else for me to say beyond one minor complaint; It took too damn long for the two main characters to become connected. Beyond the fact that the titular "Girl" investigated the journalist, they remained unconnected throughout most of the movie, which I didn't like. I expected more interaction, so that when their sexual encounters came along I wouldn't be as confused.
And I was very confused. Obviously this is a girl who shook of her rape to an extent and was, as I read somewhere, "Sexually overt", so it's not the fact that she was 'back on the saddle' right away, but more so WHY she's giving herself to this man. I just can't figure that out. That will bug me for a while, as I try to figure out some logical conclusion.
In the meantime, Daniel Craig should have put forth some effort into an accent, given his name, location, and pretty much no sign that he was anything but Swedish. But it didn't bother me too much, as his acting was fine.
Other than all of that, it was a grand movie. Very dark, and didn't screw around with the subject material. I applaud it for that.