Title:
Gone Girl
Year:
2014
Genre:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director:
David Fincher
Writer:
Gillian Flynn (written by); Gillian Flynn (based on his novel)
Runtime:
149min
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Kim Dickens, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick
Harris
Produc.:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, TSG Entertainment,
Artemple - Hollywood, New Regency Pictures, Pacific Standard
Presup.: $61 million approx.
I
think it wouldn´t be false, but just fair, to say that the quality of a good movie
could be seen as directly proportional to its ability to captivate us. And I stress
upon this for a very specific reason. Many of the greatest films have had
probably got lots of errors that the enthusiastic viewer wouldn´t notice. For my
part, after watching Gone Girl I could probably strive to recount the facts and
perhaps come to the conclusion that there were some gross plot mistakes, but to be
perfectly honest, I doubt anyone would want to spend five minutes of their lives
trying to find them.
Anyone who´s seen Guy Ritchie´s Sherlock Holmes
and liked it, probably would have overlooked if anything didn´t fit. The thing
is that both, on the side of villains planning stuff, as in the deductive right guess of
our detective, it´s so fast how it all happens, that to see the mistakes, if
any, would be hard. What, however, isn´t for us so difficult to qualify as
good, is the whole package.
The same could be said on the
development of the facts in Now You See Me (2013), where events happen so fast
that even once explained, one can´t do nothing but to force itself into believing
them.
With Gone Girl it´s another case where many have
decided to hate Fincher, unhappy with the unreliability of some things. I'm not
a cop or possess detective skills, which maybe, these people did, but
it's hard to believe that occasional inconsistencies could tarnish the whole
argument. In any case, with or without errors, I think Gone Girl is a drama
that qualifies as good.
It all begins one morning when Nick (Ben Affleck) leaves his place,
to then return and that his wife has disappeared (as the title suggests).
Thereafter, the plot revolves around a puzzled and confused husband who´s got
to work along with the police, while having to be very careful with what he says
or doesn´t, concerning their marriage. All this, while justice seeks to find
out whether this ally who´s collaborating, might himself have been the one they´re looking.
Only, maybe Nick is guilty, but of another kind of crime.
During part of the film Fincher has us pinned
in finding Amy (Rosamund Pike) and the reason of her dessapearance. Then, with the answer unveiled, he´s got us
witnessing a twist, and where he allows us to have a closer look at the relationship
between Nick and Amy, and to the why Nick had to go find her.
It´s difficult to write without revealing too
much, but something than I can say is that it's great the way it
addresses the sometimes so evident ignorance and chatter of people, when
outsiders think they know everything about someone they haven´t even met, being
so easy to talk without thinking.
Gone Girl is about a marriage with very serious
problems and about a man stuck in something he doesn´t know if there´s a way
out. Nick must give honest answers to prove his innocence, while he deals with the public opinion, which does nothing but to destroy him.
My
rating: 8/10
