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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009 · 147 min · Director: Daniel Alfredson ★ IMDb 7.3 · 78,396 ratings

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Lisbeth Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With help from journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, she must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anticipation 30%, Anxiety 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 Anticipation, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anticipation, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Curiosity
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension60 %55 %50 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Sympathy63 %54 %46 %39 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Tension63 %56 %48 %46 %
17.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity55 %54 %49 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 33′Tension49 %49 %48 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity50 %45 %51 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity55 %43 %57 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity58 %45 %60 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity59 %51 %56 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 70′Tension59 %56 %46 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 77′Tension59 %59 %39 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 85′Tension65 %65 %36 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 92′Tension68 %68 %36 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 99′Tension61 %60 %39 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 107′Sympathy60 %58 %45 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 114′Curiosity69 %64 %54 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 121′Disturbing76 %55 %50 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 129′Relief73 %41 %38 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 136′Tension64 %46 %27 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 143′Relief58 %48 %20 %38 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AH
Annika Hallin

Annika Giannini

JE
Jacob Ericksson

Christer Malm

SL
Sofia Ledarp

Malin Erikson

AA
Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl

Peter Teleborian

MS
Micke Spreitz

Ronald Niedermann

GS
Georgi Staykov

Alexander Zalachenko

MT
Mirja Turestedt

Monica Figuerola

HA
Hans Alfredson

Evert Gullberg

LH
Lennart Hjulström

Fredrik Clinton

JH
Jan Holmquist

Otto Hallberg

NH
Niklas Hjulström

Richard Ekström

JK
Johan Kylén

Jan Bublanski

TL
Tanja Lorentzon

Sonja Modig

MK
Magnus Krepper

Hans Faste

MK
Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Dragan Armanskij

JN
Jacob Nordenson

Bertil Wadensjö

Peter Andersson

Nils Bjurman

Details

Directed by
Daniel Alfredson
Written by
Stieg Larsson, Jonas Frykberg, Ulf Ryberg
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
147 min
Country
Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 78,396 ratings
Feels mostly
Anticipation
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