The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Independent“Audacious! Dynamic! Inspired!...” There are some fine scenes: Salander's subway skirmish goes like the clappers. But as a mystery, the film is dead. After a luxuriously leisured set-up, you sense Fincher looking at his watch and realising he has to hit us with a shock climax...

Time Out“As you’d expect from Fincher, the storytelling is immaculate...” Some may be surprised at how similar Fincher’s version is to the 2009 Swedish film in plot and mood, and even Fincher can’t avoid stretches that feel like souped-up Nordic television drama. But fans of the book and film should rest easy...

Guardian“Supple, muscular and purely gripping...” In less experienced hands, this would surely have wound up as lurid, trashy pulp. Yet Fincher plays it straight and keeps it serious...

The Telegraph“Every aspect of it is overshadowed by another of Fincher's films...” It’s easy to see why the director wanted to make it, but hard to shake the feeling that perhaps he shouldn’t have bothered...

Empire“The perfect festive comedown for Fincher fans and dysfunctional families...” An excellent, often pitch-dark but otherwise almost note-perfect thriller. It was, it must be said, a weird thing to want to do: remake a European hit so soon after its original release. But Fincher’s effort is perhaps the film [the] book deserved.

Total Film “A controlled, mesmerising, beautiful thriller...” Think the US version will untangle the plot and tame the violence? Then Lisbeth’s T-shirt says it all: Fuck you, you fucking fuck. Changed ending aside, Fincher’s take is as faithful as it is fearless. And Mara rocks...