Fincher's remake about the same as the Swedish original.

Rating: 9/10 (1 February 2012)

'THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
David Fincher's English-language adaptation of the popular Swedish novel 'Men Who Hate Women' by Stieg Larsson, the first in the 'Millennium' series trilogy (which were first adapted in to films in Sweden in 2009). Fincher's remake stars Rooney Mara in the lead role of Lisbeth Salander, A.K.A. 'the girl with the dragon tattoo' (which is a performance she's received an Academy Award nomination for), and Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist. The screenplay was written by Steven Zaillian.
The story in this first chapter revolves around journalist Mikael Blomkvist taking on a missing person's case in which he's asked to travel to a remote island and solve the disappearance of his employer's niece, who went missing over 40 years earlier. Blomkvist just had his reputation tarnished by a corrupt businessman and is looking to clear his name, which his new employer, Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), promises he can help him do (if he works on his niece's case). Mikael believes the disappearance of Vanger's niece has to do with a series of serial killings and enlists the help of a computer hacker (Lisbeth Salander, who was hired by Vanger to research him) to help him catch the maniac.
I'd rate the movie about equal with it's Swedish counterpart. Once again I loved elements of the movie and really wanted to love the entire film but found it just a little too long and dragged out. Fincher's directing, editing and entire visual style is once again superb, Mara is outstanding and the score (by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) is mesmerizing but the pacing is just a little too slow (at least at times). Probably due to the filmmakers once again staying just a little too faithful to their source material. Lisbeth Salander is an all time classic 5 star action heroine role though and I look forward to seeing more of her in future American adaptations.
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