The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009 film) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (, literally "Men who hate women") is a 2009 Swedish drama thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Swedish author/journalist Stieg Larsson. It is the first book in the trilogy known as the "Millennium" series, published in Sweden in 2005. By August 2009, it had been sold to 25 countries outside Scandinavia and had been seen by more than 6 million people in the countries where it was already released. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev, the film stars Michael Nyqvist and Noomi
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo of all—author Larsson's penchant for always telling us exactly what we should be feeling." On the other hand, Dr. Abdallah Daar, writing for "Nature", said, "The events surrounding the great-niece's disappearance are meticulously and ingeniously pieced together, with plenty of scientific insight." The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" wrote, "It's a big, intricately plotted, darkly humorous work, rich with ironies, quirky but believable characters and a literary playfulness that only a master of the genre and its history could bring off." As of 3 June 2011, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" had sold over 3.4 million copies in hardcover or ebook formats,