It was so good that after it was over I rewound it and watched the whole thing again.

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2015)

David Fincher has done it again with a claustrophobic film that surprises and keeps you invested at every turn.
The film stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne. They seem like a normal married couple until Amy disappears. Slowly, more evidence piles on to Nick and many believe that he murdered his own wife. Nick does not despair. After a diary shows up stating Nick was abusive to Amy. In actuality, Amy isn't dead at all. Amy is revealed to be a manipulative sociopath who staged her own murder and pins it on Nick after finding out that he was having an affair. Eventually after losing her money, The on-the-run Amy seeks the aid of a high-school sweetheart Desi, played by Neil Patrick Harris. Unfortunately she, being crazy, changes her mind, stages rape scenes, and murders Desi. She returns to her husband blaming Desi for the whole thing, claiming that she killed him in self-defense. In the end, Nick stays with Amy, and she with him, with a newborn on the way.
This movie was the epitome of going full throttle. This film does not hold back. It's disturbing and atmospheric as hell, The sound mixing and editing was beyond exceptional like in every David Fincher movie, the screenplay was fantastic, and all the performances(yes, even Tyler Perry's) were really good. Rosamund Pike absolutely stole the show. Not only did she sell the ideas her character stood for, but this was probably her best performance in a film.
The twists and turns made for a fantastic and f*%@#d up ride that I'm sure to watch again. This film was incredibly immersing and well-paced, and I couldn't even tell that it was 165 minutes long. This is definitely one of 2014 best.