Stunning directorial debut

Rating: 8/10 (9 June 2008)

"Gone baby gone' is a spectacular directorial debut for Ben Affleck. The story is brilliant, being an adaptation of a novel by Denis Lehane, he of "Mystic River" fame. The acting is mesmerising, Casey Affleck once again proving he's the better acting sibling. Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman are predictably good and Amy Ryan is simply superb. The story is where the movie scores, the moral ambiguity blurring the lines between what is right, and what is more right. Should he have left the child with caring, loving parents or sent her back to her neglectful, abusive mother? The question is one that leaves the viewer reeling and will provoke many arguments once the movie is seen. Simply brilliant!