Ben Affleck's Excellent As A Director

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2012)

Gone Baby Gone is a crime drama-mystery film directed by Ben Affleck and starring his brother Casey Affleck together with Michelle Monaghan,Morgan Freeman,Ed Harris,Amy Ryan and John Ashton. The screenplay by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard is based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island.
The plot centers on two private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, hunting for an abducted four-year-old girl from the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.Patrick Kenzie, a private investigator from working-class Boston takes on a case involving a kidnapped girl. The girl's aunt begs Patrick to take the case because he has connections to criminal Boston that the police do not. He agrees and along with his partner, Angie Gennaro, they uncover a web of corruption that threatens the relationship between the two.
As an actor, Ben Affleck might be a supporting player trapped in a leading man's body, but as a filmmaker he's an auspicious talent.He made a film that is superior, haunting thriller of abduction, deception and ethical dilemma with a sobering ending and a moral quandary that demands strong debate outside the cinema.It was a powerful, provocative and excellently acted thriller.