One of my all time favorites.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

The actors did an amazing job. The movie was good but it lacked some substance. Michael's never ending persistence. His ending up with Ferguelo. The press hounding Lisbeth and publishing nasty articles about S&m,etc. Also I was expecting a better trial for Lisbeth. Its so riveting in the book. I wanted to see something similar. Lisbeth's quirk, Giannani's effective arguments about Lisbeth's alcohol, sex life and tattoos. Lisbeth's old guardian. Teleborian's disgusting egotistical evaluation. Lisbeth's assertiveness to get a conviction the same day and not wanting to swayback in the country for evaluations after the trial. The judge asserting the logic of being legally competent. But in the movie it was very laid back and slow. Disappointing.

A return to form after "The Girl Who Played With Fire" fell into a bit of 'middle part of a trilogy disease'; lots of exposition and setting up for the last part, together with a feeling of marking time, that nothing can really get too resolved. Consequently both the sense of danger, and emotional impact were lower, even though there was a lot more running around, shooting, etc. It felt more like a Hollywood action film. But here we get back into deeper themes, back into Lisbeth Sander's head. There's less action, but more psychology and complex behavior, and that's where the strength of the trilogy lies. There are fight scenes, sure, but the most intense scenes are the film's courtroom battles, and it's almost as scary to think that Lisbeth may self-destruct, as that others may destroy her. Noomi Rapace does her best work of the trilogy here. We get Lisbeth's stone exterior, but there are always just enough hints of the damaged little girl she was to keep her heartbreaking. Her long but filled silences, and minimal dialogue betray how painful it is for her to even try to trust other human beings. The series theme's about the damage that men do to women comes back to the forefront, and we're less in a thriller than a character study with thrills. I still think the first film, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" felt the most gritty and real. The scope of the bad guys was less theatrical, the conspiracies more believable because they're more limited, less grandiose. But as a conclusion to the three act opera, this is pretty damn solid, and certainly stuck with me in the days after I saw it.

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" ends the Millennium Trilogy from Swedish television.Taking up where the second chapter left off, Lisbeth Salandar (Noomi Rapace) is in the hospital, recovering from her wounds. She's also under arrest. Her father, Alexander Zalachenko, survived and is in the same hospital. There is a move afoot to charge her with attempted murder but also to have her committed to a mental institution again.Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) is devoting a special issue of Millennium to getting justice for Lisbeth. He soon learns that the people behind attempting to silence Lisbeth will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. Mikael and Lisbeth work separately again to clear her name and keep her from being either imprisoned or committed.Good ending to this trilogy, as it wraps up the story very nicely. Rapace's magnificent presence and total immersion into the role again dominates, with Nyqvist also excellent as Blomkvist, demonstrating his quiet determination to help Lisbeth.Despite the pervasive dark atmosphere (which the story demands) and some really major violence in the first episode, which is not my thing, I really am very glad I watched the Swedish version of this trilogy and do not plan on viewing the American version. In fact, I'm not even sure why they're making it, except that no one in Hollywood is interested in doing anything original. The Swedish "The Girl" trio will be hard to beat.

This film opens where 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' ended; protagonist Lisbeth Salander is being taken to hospital as has her father. She is seriously injured and needs to have a bullet removed from her head. She is also under arrest for the attempted murder of her father and the murders of three people. Given what had happened to her and what she knows powerful people are determined that she will not stand trial; if they can't kill her they will attempt to have her declared incompetent and committed to the psychiatric hospital where she was abused as a child. Meanwhile journalist Mikael Blomkvist is doing everything he can to see that justice is done; this includes working with a government organisation that is determined to expose the criminal behaviour of the group they have dubbed 'The Section'. As the story proceeds it becomes clear that Mikael and his colleagues at Millennium are in real danger and will be until members of 'The Section' are arrested.This was a fine conclusion to the Millennium Trilogy; it had the advantage over previous instalments that being the final part the viewer doesn't know whether or not the protagonists will survive... given the dark nature of what has gone before it seemed quite possible that they might not. As in the previous instalment the film does have a televisual feel to it although that isn't to say it didn't look good. The leads continue to give terrific performances; especially Noomi Rapace who managed to convey her characters inner strength without saying a word and barely moving in some scenes. If there was a weakness it was Lisbeth's psychotic half brother who we see committing the occasional murder before a final confrontation with her... the main story with 'The Section' was engrossing enough and the additional threat he posed just seemed a distraction. If you've watched the other two instalments of the trilogy this is a must see film; if you haven't and want to watch this make sure you watch the other films first or this will make little sense.