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Showing posts with label MOVIE REVIEW: GONE GIRL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MOVIE REVIEW: GONE GIRL. Show all posts
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Cindy Prascik's Review of Gone Girl
Dearest Blog, yesterday I headed out to the cinema for one of the year's most-anticipated titles, Gone Girl.
Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.
Ben Affleck (Batman! Batman! Batman!) stars as Nick Dunne, a man who becomes a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike).
I haven't read the book on which Gone Girl is based, so no comparisons here as to how the film stands up against the source material.
On its own merits, Gone Girl, the movie, stands up pretty darn well. It's a twisting, turning affair, where almost nothing is quite what it seems, yet it never gets so convoluted it feels like it's lost its way. Dear reader(s), by now you know me well enough to know I can't possibly look at Ben Affleck without thinking (Batman! Batman! Batman!), but, even prior to his much-debated casting as the caped crusader, he seemed a very polarizing actor.
That makes Affleck (Batman! Batman! Batman!) an inspired choice for his role, as you're never quite sure how you're supposed to feel about Nick. Rosamund Pike continues to make good use of her patented wide-eyes-heaving-breasts act, but does a fine job of portraying all facets of one of the more...erm...*interesting* characters I've seen onscreen of late. The supporting cast is uniformly solid, with Carrie Coon turning in an especially good performance as Nick's ever-loyal twin sister.
Even Tyler Perry, whom I generally despise with the fire of a thousand suns, is pretty okay here. Another stunning score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross sets the mostly ominous tone. The movie is too long by at least 20 minutes, but it's easy enough to forgive in such a well-spun, surprisingly fun yarn.
Gone Girl clocks in at 149 minutes and is rated R for "a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language."
Whether or not you were already a fan of the book, Gone Girl gives you every reason to get out to the theatre.
Of a possible nine Weasleys, Gone Girl gets eight.
Until next time..
Saturday, October 4, 2014
MOVIE REVIEW: GONE GIRL
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?
Director: David
Fincher
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry, Neil
Patrick Harris, David Clennon
Release Date: Oct
03, 2014
Rated R for a scene of bloody violence, some strong
sexual content/nudity, and language
Runtime: 2 hr. 25 min.
Genres: Suspense/Thriller
Review:
Gone Girl is a wonderfully dark decent into the recesses of
martial hatred and resentment. It’s
something that anyone who’s been in long term relationship can relate to and
David Fincher’s new film takes it to its most extreme points. Any other director might have fallen into
some of the most glaring Lifetime movie tropes of the story but Fincher
elevates the entire proceedings giving us something closer to his criminally
underrated The Game. The story’s big
reveal isn’t much of a surprise to be honest but it makes for an interesting
turn where things really start to kick off in extreme ways. The cast is generally fantastic even Tyler
Perry who’s pitch perfect as the high priced lawyer. Ben Affleck is perfectly suited for the smug
but terribly tone deaf husband and Rosamund Pike is just stellar as his
wife. It’s an impressive dissection of
our tabloid culture while hitting on some uncomfortable truths about
inattention and lingering resentment that burrows into peoples souls. It’s probably needless to say but Gone Girl
is the type of film that sticks with you once you’ve left the theater.
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