Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)

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Synopsis

Crime/Mystery. Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson. In contemporary Sweden, a disgraced journalist (Daniel Craig) is hired to investigate a forty year-old mystery, and is drawn into collaborating with a troubled computer expert (Rooney Mara).

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang and cursing
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual assault – buttock nudity, some disturbing detail
• Infrequent hand-to-hand and weapons violence , some in a torture context – blood and wound detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – breast, buttock, and brief female frontal nudity, some detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context

Thematic elements

• Abuse of privilege
• The responsibilities of media
• Trust and security

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for portrayals of sexual assault and some brutal violence

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