Basically just an UGLY MESS from start to finish... don't waste your time.

Rating: 1/10 (6 April 2008)

Well. I must say I had pretty high hopes for Gone Baby Gone when I first saw the big names behind the title.
The acting overall is terrible. Casey Affleck is unbelievably bad in this role and the remainder of the cast is also pretty awful.
I am being quite serious and fair with my 3 / 10 rating.
The writing is a mess. Not only is it choppily written, everyone sounds exactly the same. There is zero writing ability here. As another side point... peppered throughout is ridiculous swearing. F___ this and F___ that.... not that I care at all about swearing, but it was just pointless. It just made the movie seem that much less realistic. It was like "let's try and make this movie gritty!" "Should we use character development?" "No, let's just slap cursing through the movie." Terrible, terrible mess. I am ashamed that I sat through it. This movie is a large bag of crap. Do not waste your time watching or renting it.
It is ridiculous that the name Affleck makes people automatically think this mush is worth watching.
I agree with the Oscar nod for best supporting actress to Amy Ryan. She was a bright spot in a feculent heap of self-indulgent trash.
Morgan Freeman steals the kid for himself.. that is the crazy plot twist at the end. No one cares because it would take a mushroom to write a plot that complicated. Wow, old black man, no one noticed you have a new white child... hmmm... interesting. Garbage, garbage.
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