Gone Girl
1 Oscar Nominations
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With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
What critics thought
Fincher's adaptation lands as a sleek, controlled thriller that most critics found precisely calibrated to his sensibilities, with Rosamund Pike's performance drawing near-universal admiration. The sharper debates centered on whether the film's stylized detachment was a feature or a flaw — and whether Fincher and Flynn pushed their provocative material far enough or retreated into glossy surface. Its stature has only grown since release, now ranking among the canonical films of its era.
“Superbly cast from the two at the top to the smallest speaking parts, impeccably directed by Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within an inch of its life, Gone Girl shows the remarkable things that can happen when filmmaker and material are this well matched.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“This may not be the perfect film—but it is a perfect adaptation”
The Economist
“At first blush, Gone Girl is natural Fincherland ... so why doesn't the movie claw us as The Social Network did? Who could have predicted that a film about murder, betrayal, and deception would be less exciting than a film about a website?”
Anthony Lane·The New Yorker
“Fincher and Flynn should have gone further and truly grappled with the real horror that, by giving his relationship with Amy another chance, Nick is indulging in one of the great myths of feminism: that it emasculates men. Rather than undermine that noxiousness, Fincher enshrouds it in funereal brushstrokes that cast his Gone Girl as a fashionable tumbling into an abyss of willful denial.”
Ed Gonzalez·Slant Magazine
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Fincher
StarringBen Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
ComposerTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Gone Girl
1 Oscar Nominations
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
What critics thought
Fincher's adaptation lands as a sleek, controlled thriller that most critics found precisely calibrated to his sensibilities, with Rosamund Pike's performance drawing near-universal admiration. The sharper debates centered on whether the film's stylized detachment was a feature or a flaw — and whether Fincher and Flynn pushed their provocative material far enough or retreated into glossy surface. Its stature has only grown since release, now ranking among the canonical films of its era.
“Superbly cast from the two at the top to the smallest speaking parts, impeccably directed by Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within an inch of its life, Gone Girl shows the remarkable things that can happen when filmmaker and material are this well matched.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“This may not be the perfect film—but it is a perfect adaptation”
The Economist
“At first blush, Gone Girl is natural Fincherland ... so why doesn't the movie claw us as The Social Network did? Who could have predicted that a film about murder, betrayal, and deception would be less exciting than a film about a website?”
Anthony Lane·The New Yorker
“Fincher and Flynn should have gone further and truly grappled with the real horror that, by giving his relationship with Amy another chance, Nick is indulging in one of the great myths of feminism: that it emasculates men. Rather than undermine that noxiousness, Fincher enshrouds it in funereal brushstrokes that cast his Gone Girl as a fashionable tumbling into an abyss of willful denial.”
Ed Gonzalez·Slant Magazine
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Fincher
StarringBen Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
ComposerTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Rent/Purchase