The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."

Dec 21 2011 R 2h 38m
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Plot

Mikael Blomkvist is a disgraced journalist who is asked by a wealthy industrialist to write a biography on his family. But what he really wants Blomkvist to do is to find out what happened to his niece, who went missing 40 years ago. Blomkvist, at first, is not interested, till the man offers to help him clear his name. Blomkvist, begins by talking to the man's relatives who were there when the girl went missing. And some of them are not forth coming. Blomkvist eventually believes that her disappearance might have something to do with some serial killings that took place 20 years before she disappeared. So he asks for a research assistant. So the industrialist's man suggests Lisbeth Salander, a talented hacker who does background checks for them and who even did one on Blomkvist. When he sees her report, he's impressed and asks her to work with him and she does. She's anti-social but is extremely efficient.

Written by

Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson

Directed by

David Fincher

Production Countries

Sweden, Norway, United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Yellow Bird, Film Rites, Scott Rudin Productions, Columbia Pictures, Ground Control

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 91 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
510,527
Average Rating
7.8 out of 10
Metascore
71
Popularity
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