Gone Girl


Directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. 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 dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

This is a tough movie to review without giving things away.  All I will say is that there is ALOT more to this movie/story than is advertised in the trailer/commercials.  And I think its great that they have been so purposely vague so that everyone who hasn't read the book can get the same holy shit type of moments that you got while reading the book.  I loved this book and the movie did a great job of transferring it all to the screen.  Again - there is only so much that I can say but this movie is one of the more thought provoking "date" movies you can see.  You can't help but ask yourself how well do you know someone after watching this.  The only knocks I can make against it is that it's really long, even though that is necessary.  You definitely feel how long it is.  The other is that the ending is very much like the book.  I won't give anything away but will give people the heads up to not be expecting usual Hollywood like closure.  

I loved this book and movie and would definitely recommend both to everyone.  David Fincher's streak of awesomeness remains very much intact with this offering.