Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Nonna's Rating: $

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

Audience: 89%

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo repeats the Swedish version almost scene for scene. It actually sticks closer to the book, but that doesn't make up for its biggest problem--Rooney Mara who plays Lisbeth. She's competent and does a decent job, but Noomi Rapace, the Swedish Lisbeth, brings subtlety and complexity to the character that Mara doesn't even approach. Rapace expertly conveys a deeply troubled young woman who is capable of extreme violence and resolve, yet vulnerable and easily wounded. Rent the Swedish film.

Nonna's Rating

$$$$ = Worth paying the Friday evening

$$$ = Worth paying the Matinee price

$$ = Worth a rental

$= Wait for cable

# = Skip It