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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Based on the international best-selling novel.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Release Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 Limited

Director: Niels Arden Oplev

Starring: Michael Nyqvist Noomi Rapace Peter Haber Lena Endre

R Action 2 hrs, 32 m

  • 3.9

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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vanger's are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.
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The film's director Niels Arden Oplev last directed Held For Ransom and Flatliners. The film's writer Rasmus Heisterberg last wrote A Royal Affair.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language
Runtime
2 hrs, 32 m
Tagline
Based on the international best-selling novel.
Also known as
Män Som Hatar Kvinnor

Language
English

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, March 19, 2010. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including The Bounty Hunter, Repo Men and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. As a limited release, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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  • Set the MPAA rating to R for disturbing violent content including rape, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language

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