Disturbing and overwrought

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2017)

Right on the occasion of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) finds that his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing under suspicious circumstances. The police's attention soon turns to the husband just as the high-profile case turns into a media circus that uncovers dark secrets about a seemingly perfect marriage.
While Fincher's direction is no doubt stylish, Gone Girl plays out a little too long for the "urban myth" type of thriller that is ends up being. A thought-provoking start turns into sheer shock as characters become harder and harder to sympathize with. The very convincing acting can't make up for an implausible and macabre script that made the movie a disappointment in my eyes. All it manages to achieve in matters of leaving the viewer petrified is lost in a contrived plot and an overindulgent runtime.
6/10