Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
BUSAN, South Korea -- When one considers American director David Fincher’s body of work, it seems rather obvious that his somewhat morbid style of filmmaking would suit the material of Stieg Larsson’s novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After all, we are talking about the man who brought us films like Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Game (which is criminally underrated, in my view). With Zodiac and The Social Network being his finest efforts to date, I find it pleasantly surprising that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ranks amongst those plateau-reaching gems. While not quite as effortlessly intricate as Zodiac, nor as concise and consistently entertaining as The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo delivers a visceral wallop that makes it Fincher’s most mature film to date.
