Gone Baby Gone

Name: Gone Baby Gone
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 19, 2007
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman

2007

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Movie Details & Credits

Miramax Films | Release Date: October 19, 2007

Starring: Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman

Summary: Gone Baby Gone follows the explosive case of just one missing little girl. But inside this investigation lie secrets and a labyrinthine maze of class and corruption, evil and innocence...all leading up to one man's extraordinary choice in a world where right and wrong have become blurred. (Miramax)

Director: Ben Affleck

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 114 min

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95	#95 Best Movie of 2007
49	#49 Most Discussed Movie of 2007
14	#14 Most Shared Movie of 2007

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The A.V. Club - Scott Tobias

Though its procedural goes a little soft in the middle, Gone Baby Gone quietly accumulates in power, leading to one of the more subtly devastating final shots in recent memory. Read full review

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

The result is a superior police procedural, and something more -- a study in devious human nature. Read full review

Portland Oregonian - Shawn Levy

It's a fine debut, far more grounded, plausible and engrossing than most Hollywood thrillers. Read full review

Miami Herald - Connie Ogle

The only real casualty of Lehane's novel is Angie, here reduced to a supporting player who bears no resemblance to the original character, who is every bit as smart and tough and interesting as her boyfriend. It's a regrettable loss in a film that otherwise indicates its first-time director knows what he's doing. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - David Edelstein

Casey Affleck has never had a pedestal like the one his brother provides him, and he earns it. His Patrick is pale and raspy, with a slight grogginess that gives him an astounding vulnerability--and makes his bursts of temper shocking. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum

Affleck the director shows excellent instincts, not least of which is letting his younger brother, Casey, hold the center as a young guy not as smaht as he thinks he is. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

Storytelling problems surface toward the overwrought climax, but the worst problem is the unrelenting grimness. It's hard to like a movie that leaves you with no hope. Read full review

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JohnB.

Oct 24, 2007

Quite powerful and thought provoking. Exactly what a film like this should be.

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KateP.

Nov 12, 2007

Way more insightful and philosophical than I had been expecting. Depressing but very real, I'd see it again.

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Awsaf

Dec 4, 2013

This is a remarkable film.This proposition of every single detail is stunning.By the rule of the movie was going sometimes they missed some emotion and Technics.And the acting was great

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MoeS.

Feb 16, 2008

A terrific movie with a thought provoking ending. i am amazed that metacritic does not include any ryan in the cast list. she is, afterall, nominated for an oscar as supporting female actor.

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ERG1008

Aug 23, 2010

Child gets kidnapped, Aunt & Uncle hire detectives to find her, Police already investigating, things go wrong.
Ben Affleck's directing debut which is a very real story based in the Boston area.
Some of the accents are quite hard to understand at times but the acting is good & the twists &Child gets kidnapped, Aunt & Uncle hire detectives to find her, Police already investigating, things go wrong.
Ben Affleck's directing debut which is a very real story based in the Boston area.
Some of the accents are quite hard to understand at times but the acting is good & the twists & turns in the story work well.… Expand

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Rutter

Oct 28, 2007

Starts our pretty well... Then it goes downhill in a hurry. Guess Casey wanted to amp up his action-man credentials because some of the gunfight scenes are goofy and suddenly all sense of realism gets lost and hard to recapture. Particularly didn't understand how he got away murdering Starts our pretty well... Then it goes downhill in a hurry. Guess Casey wanted to amp up his action-man credentials because some of the gunfight scenes are goofy and suddenly all sense of realism gets lost and hard to recapture. Particularly didn't understand how he got away murdering a guy (the pedophile) without any apparent issues. As far as the sorta shock at the end, I for one saw it all coming miles away. From a guy who sorta starts our just a shlub who sees a chance to make a difference, all the sudden he becomes this hard-boiled streetwise tough guy ready to take on the cops and anyone else who gets in his way....bad choice in character direction Anyways, starts out as a good movie, but sort of takes a wrong turn halfway through.… Expand

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GregB

Jan 6, 2008

This is not an original movie. This is almost an exact copy of "Along Came a Spider." I had to ask myself for a refund cause it bored me and the plot was so obvious.

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