Foriegn, Mystery
4.5 stars
Excellent adaption (and excellent casting) of the best selling book by Stieg Larsson. Swedish with English subtitles. A disgraced journalist is hired by a retired corporate mogul to look into the 40 year old missing person’s case of his favorite niece. The title character is a freelance PI (and also a ward of the state) hired by the same mogul to investigate the journalist’s background who decides to continue investigating on her own. Of course several of the details and clues have been changed to streamline the story. Folks who have not read the book may have trouble keeping track of all the characters, but otherwise, I think it was very well done. Some scenes include violent sexual abuse. Stars Michael Nyqvist as the journalist, Noomi Rapace in the title role, and Sven-Bertil Taube as the mogul. I’m glad I got to see this adaption, before Hollywood (currently casting for its own version) butchers it. Kristen Stewart (very limited range actress) and Carey Mulligan (Oscar nominated for The Education, but probably too delicate for this rebellious role) have been vying for the title character, I’ll be very interested to see who finally lands the role. Very well done.
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