{"id":1167,"date":"2018-11-09T00:19:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T00:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2022-07-26T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:00:13","slug":"revew-round-up-september-and-october-2018-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/09\/revew-round-up-september-and-october-2018-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider’s Web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the third cinematic interpretation (and the second English-language one) of the Lisbeth Salander\/Girl With the Dragon Tattoo <\/em>Swedish thriller book series that was created by the late Stieg Larsson. Based on the first book in the series written by David Lagercrantz instead of Larsson, The Girl in the Spider\u2019s Web<\/em> faces the uphill battle of living up to the expectations created by the previous books and movies\u2019 many loyal fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Girl in the Spider\u2019s Web<\/em> neither fully stands on its own nor does it serve as a satisfying sequel to what director David Fincher and stars Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig started in 2011 with the series\u2019 first English-language reboot. Despite its moderately low box office performance, that reboot should have never been rebooted because it still had many exciting places left to explore with direct sequels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Girl in the Spider\u2019s Web<\/em> director Fede Alvarez does a wonderful job of depicting and expanding upon the atmosphere of Salander\u2019s world. The film has a punk\/techno\/neo-noir style that started with the original Swedish film adaptations, was developed further by Fincher, and has now successfully evolved into something more fast-paced and modern by Alvarez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire Foy is terrific as Salander and lives up to the character\u2019s previous portrayals by the extraordinarily talented Mara and the equally talented Noomi Rapace. While it\u2019s not actor Sverrir Gudnason\u2019s fault, the film makes its biggest error in recasting\/adjusting the character of Mikael Blomkvist, a reporter who often gets entangled in Salander\u2019s computer hacker misadventures. Where he was once middle-aged with a charming but somewhat aloof nature, he\u2019s now younger, dashing, and beyond bland. Also, the film\u2019s development of the relationship between Salander and Blomkvist relies far too heavily on the audience\u2019s knowledge of previous book and film interpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of all its issues, there is still some good to be found in The Girl in the Spider\u2019s Web<\/em> if you can simply take it for what it is and ignore what came before it.  Unfortunately, the movie oftentimes makes it quite difficult to do this, as it simply can\u2019t decide if it wants to stand on its own or rely on the weight of what came before it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRADE: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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