David Fincher's amazing new drama/mystery Gone Girl is hands down the best thriller in years. It was based off the novel by the same name and was adapted for the screen by the novel's author, Gillian Flynn. The film stars Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, a former writer and current bar owner who finds the spotlight on him when his wife Amy Dunne, portrayed by the incredibly talented Rosamund Pike (Pride & Prejudice, Jack Reacher), goes missing under suspicious circumstances on the morning of their anniversary. The film also stars Neil Patrick Harris as Desi Collings, Amy's estranged high school sweetheart who attempted suicide after their breakup, and Tyler Perry, who does a fantastic job of not annoying the shit out of audiences across America in his portrayal of Nick's defense attorney Tanner Bolt.
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| Trent Reznor: musical genius, Defense Against the Dark Arts professor |
Nine Inch Nails front-man Trent Reznor, who also composed for Fincher in The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, delivers yet another outstanding soundtrack. The music is simultaneously disturbing and calming. It compliments the suspense of film perfectly.
To avoid spoiling the incredibly well-paced plot, I don't want to go any further into detail, but I will say that even though there is a cat in damn near every scene, he has nothing to do with the mystery at hand. As the story progresses, the stakes keep getting raised higher and higher. The suspense continues to build until the very end. It will have you on the edge of your seat. It's 2 hours and 29 minutes long and you really won't want to go pee in the middle of it.
4/5 The ending left me and, based off the loud grumblings I heard as the credits rolled, everyone else in the theater unsatisfied. Other than that, it was fucking fantastic.
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