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The Girl Who Played With Fire

The second in the Swedish smash hit series is a bit of a step down from the first. As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name. The film is not quite as full of graphic sex and violence as the first, but still has a good dose of both. In Swedish with English subtitles.

128 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence)
Crime, Detective/Mystery, Thriller, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Director

Daniel Alfredson

Screenplay

Jonas Frykberg, from the novel by Stieg Larsson

Music

Jacob Groth

Cinematography

Peter Mokrosinski

Editing

Mattias Morheden

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Nordisk Film, SVT, Yellow Bird Films, ZDF Enterprises, ZDF

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action, thriller
Language	Moderate to strong in context, impactful, occasional
Nudity	No genitalia but strong in sexual context
Sex	Strong with nudity, explicit, occasional
Violence	Fairly frequent, strong, bloody, gory, explicit, brief rape scene
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Mild alcohol and tobacco
Comments	Complex and mature themes addressed.Plenty of strong threat, menace and suspense.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert The Girl Who Played With Fire is very good, but a step down from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, if only because that film and its casting were so fresh and unexpected.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson Inertia sets in even before the first hour is through and Alfredson’s plodding treatment exacerbates the weaknesses in the novel’s grisly but ludicrous finale.

Metacritic.com35 critics

RottenTomatoes.com139 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist remain extraordinarily well-suited to their roles, but the second installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy doesn't pack quite as much punch as the first.

Internet (IMDB)9675 Netizens Rocks like part 1

Average .. 63%

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