Gone Girl

Name: Gone Girl
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: October 3, 2014
Duration: 149 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry

2014

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: October 3, 2014 | R

Starring: Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry

Summary: On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same darkOn the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?… Expand

Director: David Fincher

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 149 min

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Steve Persall

Oct 1, 2014

Gone Girl is a terrific movie, everything the book and its fans deserve. Read full review

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Justin Chang

Sep 21, 2014

Surgically precise, grimly funny and entirely mesmerizing over the course of its swift 149-minute running time, this taut yet expansive psychological thriller represents an exceptional pairing of filmmaker and material. Read full review

Genevieve Koski

Oct 1, 2014

Gone Girl reveals itself as an optimal meeting of the minds, a perfect amalgam of a writer and a director with complementary fixations. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Sep 21, 2014

A sharply made, perfectly cast and unfailingly absorbing melodrama. But, like the director's adaptation of another publishing phenomenon, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, three years ago, it leaves you with a quietly lingering feeling of: “Is that all there is?” Read full review

Dana Stevens

Oct 2, 2014

Like a film noir siren Gone Girl is beautiful, sexy, and fascinatingly mean — a nasty but estimable piece of work. Read full review

Bob Mondello

Oct 3, 2014

By the end of Gone Girl, the social issues that animate the film's beginning — job loss in an economic downturn, differences in wealth and class, media manipulation — have receded, and things have gotten so plot-driven and pulpy, there's nothing to challenge the director or make him stretch. In the film's final stages he seems to be relying entirely on craft — but, boy, is it effective craft. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Sep 27, 2014

There's a comic streak to the film that suggests David Fincher may understand the material as trash, but it's the kind of affectation that only reinforces, rather than dulls, its insults. Read full review

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WiscoJoe

Oct 3, 2014

A masterpiece of genre film-making. I felt like I was watching a long-lost Hitchcock classic (but one with all the sex and violence Hitch was only allowed to hint at). No spoilers. The less you know about the story going in, the more you'll enjoy it. Fans of the novel are in for anA masterpiece of genre film-making. I felt like I was watching a long-lost Hitchcock classic (but one with all the sex and violence Hitch was only allowed to hint at). No spoilers. The less you know about the story going in, the more you'll enjoy it. Fans of the novel are in for an impeccable and precise adaptation of the source material. Fincher nails the tone and sustains it effortlessly for the entire running time.… Expand

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bfoore90

Jul 13, 2017

Incredible movie made from an incredible director. The movie as a whole was intense, dark, wonderfully acted (Affleck and Pike respectively) and incredibly directed.

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beingryanjude

Oct 13, 2014

Every once in a while, a film is able to live up to the yearlong hype that precedes its release. Gone Girl goes above and beyond. It's enthralling and epic. Rosamund Pike's performance as Amy Elliott will live on for years. I guarantee it.

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DogeGamer2015

Sep 7, 2021

Es una buena película de misterio con Ben Affleck y Rosamund Pike; la trama es buena y tensa y las actuaciones son excelentes; tiene una duración un poco larga, pero no es aburrida; es recomendable.

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Jengolfer

Oct 4, 2014

I thought the movie was really good, but my biggest complaint was that we couldn't hear the dialogue especially in the beginning which made it very hard to follow the plot. I am 54 with good hearing and I was with three people from 70 to 83. We all had a problem hearing the dialogue eitherI thought the movie was really good, but my biggest complaint was that we couldn't hear the dialogue especially in the beginning which made it very hard to follow the plot. I am 54 with good hearing and I was with three people from 70 to 83. We all had a problem hearing the dialogue either due to the background music being to loud, or the actor were mumbling their lines. The movie industry needs to be more aware of their audiences ability to hear what being said. It's not the first time this has happened!… Expand

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JamesCannon

Oct 21, 2014

Lifeetime movie of the week material brought up slighty by fincher's steady direction. One scene of course stands out but the movie has whole didnt feel that thrilling or that engaging. It has some good moments but I wont be revisiting this one.

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raporgi

Feb 22, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. half-@$$ed bored housewife drivel. No logic, no direction, its just a razor-thin plot strung together by contrived scenes, characters with moron level intelligence. Tries to be deep but shallow as a puddle of piss on a road. Afleck's narcissistic wife pretty much telegraphs the twist from the get go. All the more annoying when it gives away the twist way too early in the movie. Hollywood crap custom built for pandering to femininazis. The part where she unveils her master plan and hits herself with a hammer is hilariously stupid.… Expand

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