Flickan Som Lekte med Elden [The Girl Who Played with Fire] (2009)

This is the second of three Swedish films adapted from Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. As in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist take on the lead roles, and both deliver fine performances. Crisply paced and well-directed from a solid screenplay, the film works, though not nearly as well as its predecessor; this happens at least in part because the difficult life of the eponymous protagonist begins to seem over the top. A good whodunit, but not a great one.

*** (out of *****)

©2023 David R. George III

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2009 • 2 HOURS, 9 MINUTES
YELLOW BIRD • ZDF ENTERPRISES • SVERIGES TELEVISION • NORDISK FILM • ZWEITES DEUTSCHES FERNSEHEN • FILMPOOL STOCKHOLM MALARDALEN • FILM I VAST • SPILTAN UNDERHALLNING • SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET

STARRING
• MICHAEL NYQVIST, NOOMI RAPACE

ALSO STARRING
• JACOB ERICKSSON, SOFIA LEDARP, YASMINE GARBI, JOHAN KYLEN, TANJA LORENTZON, PAOLO ROBERTO

WRITTEN BY
• JONAS FRYKBERG (SCREENPLAY BY)
• STIEG LARSSON (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY)

DIRECTED BY
• DANIEL ALFREDSON

NO 2012 OR 2013 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS