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Weekend Film Reviews

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

Joe Morgenstern, film critic of the Wall Street Journal, says the American remake of the Swedish-language trilogy has lots to recommend it, yet lacks a vital spark.

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By Joe Morgenstern • Dec 24, 2011 • 3m Listen

Let's cut to the crucial question: How is the new girl in David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? Well, she's perfectly fine. That is to say, Rooney Mara looks just as bizarre as Noomi Rapace did in the role of Lisbeth Salander, the poster girl for punk and spunk in the Swedish-language trilogy...

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