Fresh
Again, it's worth the price of admission alone to spend time in the company of Sweden's premiere bisexual emo-sleuth...
David Jenkins, Time Out
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Fight Fire with Fire
2009 · 2h 9m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Daniel Alfredson
Overview
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
Director and cast
- Daniel Alfredson Director
- Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomkvist
- Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander
- Lena Endre as Erika Berger
- Peter Andersson as Nils Bjurman
- Annika Hallin as Annika Giannini
- Per Oscarsson as Holger Palmgren
- Sofia Ledarp as Malin Erikson
- Micke Spreitz as Ronald Niedermann
- Georgi Staykov as Alexander Zalachenko
- Paolo Roberto as Himself
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Girl Who Played with Fire, may not be as good as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but it's not chopped liver either.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Delivers its first jolts moments after the opening credits and serves up surprisingly tender moments amidst the suspense and heart-pounding action.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Resembles nothing so much as a workmanlike TV crime thriller.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
The Girl Who Played With Fire narrows instead of broadens, and while the final scenes are bloody indeed, they frustratingly raise questions the film doesn't care to answer for now.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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