Gorgeous images, great acting, deeply trashy story

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2014)

"Gone Girl" is a very well-made film with a deeply trashy story. It has some near-flawless acting, cinematography, editing, and staging, all in service of a story that isn't just pulpy, racy, and kind of silly, but may well be borderline misogynistic. That doesn't necessarily mean the story is bad, as it's certainly exciting, engaging, at times funny, and full of surprises, but it left a strange aftertaste for me.
Don't take that to mean it's not worth seeing, though - it's a stunningly gorgeous, exciting, funny movie with some great acting, even from such unlikely sources as Tyler Perry and that girl from the "Blurred Lines" video.
I do hope David Fincher gets over his strange obsession with trashy airport novels at some point, though.