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Gone Girl
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Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
Release Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2014
MPAA Rating: R
Comments (9)
Leave a commentAn incredibly good spell-binding movie. Rosamund Pike steals the show and is gorgeous.
Entertaining throughout. Plenty of plot twists ( and holes ). Casting of the wooden Neil Patrick Harris was Finchers only misstep.
First 3/4 of the movie: 5 stars. Amazing shot, acted, directed, and kept me guessing in a way a thriller should.
Last 1/4: no stars. All of a sudden I’m watching a national lampoon version of a social commentary film with incredibly dark humor, sick/twisted violence, and terrible over-acting by both leading actors. The social commentary was tired. The violence was totally unnecessary. The husband/wife dynamic was hilariously over-wrought.
The ending totally killed this movie. NPH should have passed on this one, which makes me think they editing something key out of his performance.
The final scene, that was supposed no doubt to be a nod to Hitchcock, felt more like a farce.
Although generally entertaining with several plot twists, the movie was plodding throughout and the characters so outrageously flawed and artificial that we didn’t empathize with any of them.
That’s the point. You’re not supposed to sympathize with any of them. The story is a sadistic satire on narcissism in relationships (mostly marriage). It’s not supposed to be a happy story, more of story that makes you think about your own relationships, particularly if you’re married.
lame. Yeah, there’s plot twists, yeah beautifully shot, but just plain disturbing. Deserved X rating for the violence. I was not interested in any of the characters and others besides me thought movie interminably long.
After sitting through this movie, and trying to figure out what the ending was all about (just the story of a psychotic woman?) I asked several people in the theatre if they liked it, and what happened in the end. They ALL responded, “well, I read the book, it ends the same way”. So?
I was surprised at how intriguing the movie was ……long but kept my attention. Then the ending was an absolute blowout pile of stupidity. Like why did I waste two hours of my life.
C’mon. The whole premise of the movie was given away in the first 10 minutes. This movie was advertised as suspense, with the big question – did he or didn;t he kill his wife? So, there is no intrique or suspense if you know for sure right off the bat! You people that seen it, think about it, remember the very beginning – an obvious gaping hole in directorial logic! 3 stars? Medved, you disappoint.