The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

R

Released Oct 29, 2010

2h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

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137 Reviews

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Hospitalized Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace) awaits her murder trial, while Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) tries to establish her innocence.

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Critics Consensus

Slow and mostly devoid of the stellar chemistry between its two leads, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest is a disappointingly uneven conclusion to the Millennium trilogy.

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Shaun E

The third instalment of the story of possibly the most socially awkward heroine in the history of cinema starts exactly where the second instalment finishes. Noomi Roopace's Lisbeth Salander is played to precision, leaving you to wonder about the motives of those trying to help her. The film is evenly paced with quite a lot of tension throughout the film. It was good to see the bad guys taken down in such an excellent manner. And the ending with Salander and her half-brother was wonderfully done. The film isn't perfect. Dubbing into English is sometimes a bit flaky. Some of the character decisions when faced with danger are questionable. I know that Steig Larson intended to write more stories for his characters before his death, but this trilogy ends quite tidily here. It was interesting that, for the second film in a row, the two main characters barely had an interaction with one another. This is very much a Swedish drama and thriller and I think that Hollywood could have not done it the same justice as was done here. A very good ending to a very fine set of films.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/24

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hamid reza g

The third film of the Millennium trilogy is a crime thriller that was generally well received and received moderate reviews and has its own charms. The beginning of the movie is exactly from the end of the movie "The Girl Who Plays with Fire" and this idea is attractive and pleasant. When we consider the total of three films together in a trilogy, we can consider it an attractive, different and successful trilogy of Swedish cinema.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/14/23

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Audience Member

I watched the complete Swedish trilogy of Millenium with my parents and now, I can say that the books are far better. However, the films form a great trilogy in general. I've talked about the first and the second, now, let's talk about the third and probably the best of the three. Indeed, even if it's considered to be the weakest installment of the franchise, I think it is the best. It really depends on what you think is the best story because the director style is basically the same, which is true for the themes also. In this case, the appreciation relies on the story and for me it is a satisfying end that continues to go deeper into Lisbeth Salander's troubling life and childhood and also into the political problems such as sexism, corruption, etc. I've never read or watched the fourth because of it. I think it has an end and a fourth wouldn't be necessary. Also, I think Stieg Larsson wanted to write only three books before he died, which he did. Finally, I think the story is interesting but the adaptation could have been even better. As a matter of fact, I think that a lot of details such as the fact that Erika went to another magazine (or daily, it is far in my memory), could have upgrade the movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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mike l

Not as good as the first two but still awesome!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Rapace is terrific in action-drama movies. This is low-action.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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dan m

Part 3 of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I can't remember if the other ones were also two and a half hours, because at times it almost felt like a bit of a slog to get thru, but not too much. It's good yeah, but I feel like the MVP of this movie was Lisbeth Salander's computer hacking buddy "Plague". Without him there wouldn't have been a nice and neat comeuppance for the entire crime syndicate responsible for Salander's shitty situation. Also the climax with the German "terminator" felt suspenseful for a whole 5 minutes before ending in an amusing, yet anticlimactic finish.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Daniel Alfredson

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Michael Nyqvist

Mikael Blomkvist

Noomi Rapace

Lisbeth Salander

Lena Endre

Erika Berger

Annika Hallin

Annika Giannini

Jacob Ericksson

Christer Malm

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

For me the most deadening aspect of these films is the presence of Michael Nykvist as Blomqvist; he seems to have a personality by-pass, and remains expressionless at all times, no matter what's going on.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 3, 2011

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

The best thing that can be said about the excruciatingly dull, badly made closing chapter in this punishingly bad Swedish crime trilogy is that it really whets the appetite for the upcoming American version.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 2, 2011

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Seeing the first two films -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire -- will make the third film more satisfying.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2011

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

An abrupt and unsatisfying conclusion

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

148 hours of anticlimactic cliches tire one's patience. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 6, 2022

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

It’s a gloomy affair — in this movie’s Sweden, it’s either raining, is about to rain, or has just rained — with precious little levity and almost no interaction between Lisbeth and Mikael.

Rated: C-

Oct 4, 2022

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Synopsis

Hospitalized Lisbeth (Noomi Rapace) awaits her murder trial, while Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) tries to establish her innocence.

Director: Daniel Alfredson
Screenwriter: Ulf Rydberg
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Yellow Bird, Film Väst, Sveriges Television, Nordisk Film, ZDF Enterprises
Rating: R (Some Sexual Material|Brief Language|Strong Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Swedish
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.2M
Runtime: 2h 35m

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