Artificially and unnecessarily labyrinthine

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2020)

Gone Baby Gone appears to be about to end at four different points but then veers off with a new twist. My impression is that something as surprising and ingenious as Chinatown (PolanskiÂ´s ending) was being aimed at here, but the execution was not nearly so convincing. That said, it is a thought-provoking film, raising a variety of interesting questions about justice.
Should (imdb will not allow me to write this word? what?) who kill their victims be summarily executed by vigilantes? Should people who kidnap children in an effort to help them be subjected to the same penalties as those who kidnap children for nefarious purposes? Is neighborhood as much destiny as are nature and nurture? Etc...