The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest reviews
Review by on 28 Sep 2010
I'm glad they skipped the frankly unnecessary sub-plot of Erika's other job.
Review by on 26 Sep 2010
I was impressed with the first film last year and now having read the trilogy and this month seen the second film last week and the third film yesterday altogether I found both genre to be quite masterpieces in their own right. Noomi Rapace's acting was stunning last night and kept us spellbound until the inevitable end.
Review by on 26 Sep 2010
Move aside Miss Marple, there’s a new female crime-solver in town and she’s back for her third, gritty adventure. Lisbeth Salander is a tough cookie, a tattooed, anti-social computer hacker with a propensity for tipping the velvet and a talent for exacting violent retribution upon the men who wrong her. Your guardian subjects you to a vicious series of sexual attacks? Tattoo ‘I am a rapist and a sadistic pig’ on his stomach. Your father beats up your mother one time too many? Set him on fire with a milk carton filled with gasoline.
Based on Stieg Larsson’s trinity of novels, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST is the final chapter in the trilogy. It continues on from Salander’s near-fatal encounter with her father in the second film, delving into the political ramifications of her father’s past and exploring the vulnerability that stems from her childhood experiences. It also returns to the other lead protagonist, the journalist Mikael Blomkvist – somewhat neglected in the second instalment – following his attempts to clear Lisbeth of murder.
In many ways, the story is better suited to the screen than to the books, which are often clunky and full of inconsequential detail. The film strips much of that away, focussing rather on gripping characterisations and a fast-paced storyline. The plot is still overly complicated and there are often too many characters and narrative threads to keep track of fully, but ultimately it is the chief protagonists that make this film watchable, particularly the dour, morally incorruptible Blomkvist.
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Based on Stieg Larsson’s trinity of novels, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST is the final chapter in the trilogy. It continues on from Salander’s near-fatal encounter with her father in the second film, delving into the political ramifications of her father’s past and exploring the vulnerability that stems from her childhood experiences. It also returns to the other lead protagonist, the journalist Mikael Blomkvist – somewhat neglected in the second instalment – following his attempts to clear Lisbeth of murder.
In many ways, the story is better suited to the screen than to the books, which are often clunky and full of inconsequential detail. The film strips much of that away, focussing rather on gripping characterisations and a fast-paced storyline. The plot is still overly complicated and there are often too many characters and narrative threads to keep track of fully, but ultimately it is the chief protagonists that make this film watchable, particularly the dour, morally incorruptible Blomkvist.
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Film details
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest
MILLENNIUM TRILOGY
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Sweden, 2009.
148 mins.
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