far too long

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2011)

A bizarre movie to open at Xmas TGWTDT is an overlong adaptation of the novel. Unfortunately it follows a very successful recent Swedish adaptation which seems to have satisfied the fanbase.
However given that this is a depressing and relentlessly bleak tale involving graphic non consentual sexual acts I'm not sure who that fanbase would be,
Fincher is the most overrated director ion the World ( the game and alien3 are cinematic masterpieces?really??) and I had begun to resent the fact that this monstrosity has been promoted as a work of genius for over a year.
The movie is painful to watch- but not in a good way. It doesn't feel like a cathartic attempt to relieve a tortured soul, more a pretentious director throwing in all sorts to live up to his own hype.
The cast do their best with Mara towering above everyone else. Astonishingly this is Daniel Craig's fourth big budget flop of 2011 ( and how did this cost so much anyway?) Avoid like the plague.