Gone Girl (2014)

The last film by David Fincher has some moments when it feels like a comedy. It's not. And you're getting certain of this when "Gone Girl" reaches around three quarters of its length ...

Nick Dunne is married with "Amazing Amy", a prodigy author, but their marriage is not going really well lately. On their anniversary, when after a visit at the local bar, managed by his twin sister, Nick is finally sort of decided to give the "split destinies" notification, he cannot do it. His wife's gone missing. And to make things worse, what's left in his house are traces of a violent confrontation. The police starts investigating and keeps getting clues pointing on Nick as the guilty person, despite his clear denial and involvement in a huge "Find Amy" media campaign. What's next .. let's just say it's "beyond the trailer" :) .. a good reason to hold on from spoilers ...

The acting is exceptional, both in case of Ben Affleck but especially for Rosamund Pike (I've already heard about possible nominations). The directing is flawless = you can see Fincher's hand there, although as said before the movie is a bit .. let's say more relaxed than many others, like starting with "Seven" up to "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". With one exception. That's the exception that comes at about three quarters of the movie, and it's edited in such away to get the desired effect maxed out. And from your state of watching a relatively light thriller based on a situation that might look even comical considering the small details, you're directly transposed into a chilly state that will make the rest of the movie to look much more cold and harder to digest.

I've tried by now to keep away from spoilers. But I cannot completely overlook the ending, which in some sense reminded me about "Talented Mr. Ripley". I won't spill out anything more exact than this. But in case you've somehow forgot about it (if you ever knew ...), the movie confirms and reminds you that truly evil people exist. What it doesn't confirm, but neither denies, (well, comes as a personal impression) is that although you might discover at some point the dark side of who you're dealing with, unfortunately and inexplicably, somehow you tend to "forget" and continue trying to find again what you liked initially (and you shouldn't) ...

Rating: 4 out of 5