Gone Girl is an extraordinary movie that picks
on (simultaneously) intense parenting, scheming wives, cheating husbands,
doting siblings, obnoxious media, enthusiastic policemen – and a lot more - all in one swift
stroke of genius from David Fincher (Fight Club, The Girl With the Dragon
Tattoo). Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund
Pike) are a copybook couple in New York – the recession and career changes
takes them to faraway Missouri – wherein the chinks in the armor of their
marriage (who has the money? Kids, anyone? How about old flames, or pretty
young things?) – begin to unravel. Yes, Amy is long gone – but in a black
comedy of extremes, she makes her way back to Nick’s life – or does she? This
is a stellar thriller-cum-drama rolled into one. Unmissable.
16/20
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