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The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009 · 129 min · Director: Daniel Alfredson ★ IMDb 7.1 · 102,962 ratings

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Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Curiosity 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Curiosity, Tension. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Curiosity and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Curiosity
Disturbing
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 63 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %33 %42 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity40 %31 %40 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity35 %21 %35 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity40 %26 %38 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Tension52 %46 %46 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity56 %50 %53 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity61 %51 %54 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Tension72 %66 %48 %56 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Tension72 %70 %45 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity63 %55 %54 %43 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity61 %49 %53 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing71 %55 %43 %63 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing73 %51 %44 %64 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Sympathy63 %48 %45 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Tension54 %49 %45 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Curiosity53 %50 %51 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension66 %64 %54 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Tension80 %78 %50 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 126′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

Peter Andersson

Nils Bjurman

AH
Annika Hallin

Annika Giannini

PO
Per Oscarsson

Holger Palmgren

SL
Sofia Ledarp

Malin Erikson

MS
Micke Spreitz

Ronald Niedermann

GS
Georgi Staykov

Alexander Zalachenko

PR
Paolo Roberto

Paolo Roberto

YG
Yasmine Garbi

Miriam 'Mimmi' Wu

TL
Tanja Lorentzon

Sonja Modig

JE
Jacob Ericksson

Christer Malm

MK
Magnus Krepper

Hans Faste

RS
Reuben Sallmander

Enrico Giannini

JS
Jennie Silfverhjelm

Mia Bergman

RC
Ralph Carlsson

Gunnar Björk

HC
Hans Christian Thulin

Dag Svensson

AA
Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl

Peter Teleborian

MK
Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Dragan Armanskij

Details

Directed by
Daniel Alfredson
Written by
Stieg Larsson, Jonas Frykberg
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
129 min
Country
Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 102,962 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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