What would you choose?

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2010)

Ben Affleck surprises with this tale about a Private Investigator, some Cops, and a missing girl.
This is not a pretty film; there are no stunning frames and no obvious special effects. Think Seven...gloomy, atmospheric, peering into the shadows.
And as in Seven, a wizened, life weary cop (played by Morgan Freeman) is played opposite a young investigator (played by Casey Affleck).
But, unlike Seven, the chemistry doesn't quite get there.
There are stunning performances by the girls grandmother and main investigating cop (Ed Harris, though you wouldn't know it right off), but Freeman is on-screen for a very small amount of time, and Casey is so dense he becomes impenetrable.
Having said this, 'Gone Baby Gone', remains an intriguing, tempered film, deftly Scripted and Directed by an actor whose talent can no longer, be disputed.
No wonder Ben Affleck's reputation in inner-circles Holloywood, is consistently more flattering than tabloid news reports.