Synopsis
After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
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Cast
- Claire FoyLisbeth Salander
- Sverrir GudnasonMikael Blomkvist
- LaKeith StanfieldEdwin Needham
- Sylvia HoeksCamilla Salander
- Stephen MerchantFrans Balder
- Christopher ConveryAugust Balder
- Claes BangJan Holster
- Synnøve Macody LundGabriella Grane
- Cameron BrittonPlague
- Vicky KriepsErika Berger
Recommendations
- 80
Film Journal International
Foy and Alvarez have still spun the old and new elements together in an effective web. If this is a trap, it’s one you won’t hurry to escape from—or even fear being caught in again. - 79
TheWrap
The Girl in the Spider’s Web is such an absorbing airplane novel of a movie that you half expect to walk out of the theater and into O’Hare International. Your flight was on time, and the turbulence was totally badass. - 70
IGN
The Girl in the Spider’s Web has essentially refashioned Lisbeth Salander into a superhero. - 60
The Guardian
It’s watchable enough but let down by a strange lack of interest in presenting Salander as anything but an engine to propel a plot. More female action heroes is by no means a bad thing but forcing Salander into Bond’s shoes feels like a misstep, her intellect and survivalism suited to far more interesting pursuits. - 58
IndieWire
Lisbeth is never going to be cuddly or sunny, but that doesn’t mean she has to be robotic or impossible to read. That’s something that Foy and Alvarez clearly understand, and the result is a heroine not only worth cheering for, but one worth loving and even understanding. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The filmmakers take a heroic, action-packed, high-tech approach that empties out some of the originality of this unique female heroine. - 50
Variety
It was probably inevitable that Hollywood would neuter the best elements of Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium” franchise, but did the producers really need to shift it into a commonplace cross between a superhero flick and James Bond? - 40
Screen Daily
Lacking the freshness of the original trilogy or the meticulous, insidious tone of Fincher’s film, Spider’s Web mostly feels like a holding action to ensure that more sequels can be made in the future. That timidity flies in the face of this series’ inherent edginess.
