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The Girl in the Spider's Web

2018

Fede Álvarez

Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Vicky Krieps, Sylvia Hoeks ...

5.4

3,778

Thriller. Drama. Mystery Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

	Author	Review
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Lisbeth Salander has been reduced to a Batgirl-like figure with a tacked-on psychological profile (...) [It] delivers some big-bang thrills in a slick production that will do hefty business"	NEU
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Many thrills, few reasons to care (...) [It] is certainly not the most satisfying version of Lisbeth. But it is edgy and action-packed, and Alvarez’ direction keeps the tension high"	NEU
United States	Jim Vejvoda IGN	"Salander is basically a superhero now (...) 'The Girl in the Spider’s Web' is more in line with the original Swedish film trilogy, which was itself more 'Hollywood' in many ways than Fincher’s rather austere reinterpretation."	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Claire Foy is the best Lisbeth Salander yet in a sequel too muddled to leave its own mark (...) The story sinks under its own overwrought weight."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] knocks itself out by pushing too hard. It’s Foy who holds us in thrall by taking us deeper into who Lisbeth is than ever before."	NEU
United States	William Bibbiani The Wrap	"'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."	POS
United States	Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"There is always the hope that both the character and franchise can one day resurrect themselves (...) However, based on the evidence here, I suggest you don’t hold your breath (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It’s watchable enough (...) Forcing Salander into Bond’s shoes feels like a misstep, her intellect and survivalism suited to far more interesting pursuits (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Although it’s directed with slick skill (...) [it] ends up feeling like so many modern movie properties, which get revamped and rebooted due to corporate commercial interests that minimise what made the material special"	NEU

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