Sunday, 1 July 2012

Nature or nurture?


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Based on the novel of the same name this Swedish film from director Niels Arden Oplev stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace. After losing a libel case a Swedish journalist in employed to look into the disappearance of a girl 40 years ago by her rich uncle.

As a straight up crime thriller this film works well and does not rely on any easy acts of coincidence or the usual clichés that often litter the genre. What the story does well is pose the question to what extent are those that commit crimes responsible for their actions or does their up bringing or society deserve the blame. Right from the start the film goes to so really dark places but the juxtaposition of the title character and the antagonist works really well to give the film some depth.

4/5

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