As Much Rosamund Pike's film as David Fincher's

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2014)

Yet another Feather in the cap for David Fincher. He is a magician at extracting above par performances from his actors and such is the case with Gone girl. Essentially it is the story of a sociopath (Rosamund Pike's character) who gets married to the ideal guy but later realizes that he was far from ideal. Ben Affleck's character (Nick) wins her over by being somebody he is not and once they do get married, Amy realizes he is not the guy she married. Hence her frustration at making all sorts of compromises within the marriage. As the years go by, she becomes more and more disillusioned and the last straw is when she finds out that Nick is seeing somebody behind her back. This for her is the last straw and she comes up with a plan to frame him for her murder. For the better part of the movie, things go according to plan for Amy up until she gets robbed while hidden away at a lodge. From there things take a turn for the worst and she ends up back where she started. Only problem is that Nick knows what she is capable of now yet has to live a life of compromise with her. That is the end of the movie. There are plot holes.. especially with Amy's story, the one she lets the media and the FBI believe. The first is that when she gets robbed at the lodge, the girl who robs her doesn't recognize her but she knows that she is a woman in hiding. So that is one loose end as far as Amy is concerned. If the girl ever recognizes her and comes forward to tell the cops that Amy was staying at a lodge instead of being tied up in a lake house Amy is finished. The second thing is that we don't see her turning off the cameras at the lake house before framing and killing Desi. But she would've doctored the tapes anyway.. The final hole in her story is that she says that Desi hit her with a blunt object and apparently she lost a lot of blood from the head wound. Problem is there is no head wound when she comes back. Surely the doctors would check her for a concussion after the way she says Desi assaulted her when he 'took' her. And knowing the FBI, they wouldn't get taken in so easily by her subterfuge. They would definitely investigate further and find out the holes in her story. Especially the part where everything ties in a little too conveniently for Amy. Therefore, I believe the ending could've been better. Amy is on thin ice and her story is full of holes.. only a matter of time before the FBI finds out about her. Its just sad that Nick gave in so easily. 8 for the haunting soundtrack and very good performances from the cast, especially Rosamund Pike.