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Girl in the Spider's Web, The (15)

Thriller, Crime, Action

Action crime thriller sequel in which a hacker must revisit the scene of her childhood traumas in order to prevent a deadly piece of military software from falling into the wrong hands.


The critical consensus

An often effective reboot, this does everything you’d expect, but that’s a real shame. Lisbeth might be a nomad, but she doesn’t feel at home here.

***(*)(*)Alex Godfrey, Empire Online, 31/10/2018

As a thriller, it barely works at all but as a fairground ride-style fantasy melodrama, it still has its moments.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 03/11/2018

This latest Millennium movie smooths out the series’ earlier quirks. But there’s action galore and Foy makes a poised, dangerous heroine.

***(*)(*)Philip Kemp, Total Film, 05/11/2018

A flat and uninspired affair.

**(*)(*)(*)Hannah Woodhead, Little White Lies, 19/11/2018

True, Alvarez's twisted sensibility plays well – Lisbeth near-suffocated in a latex bag is particularly arresting – but too often, Spider's Web shoots for surface thrills and swerves psychological depth.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 19/11/2018

The scriptwriters of The Girl in the Spider’s Web have turned Stieg Larsson’s compelling and complex Lisbeth Salander into a franchise-seeking action hero – and squandered the talent of Claire Foy in the process.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 22/11/2018


Features about Girl in the Spider's Web, The (15)

Claire Foy on how The Girl in the Spider's Web reimagines Lisbeth Salander

Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 20/11/2018

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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