Typical overreaching but failing to deliver book-to-film adaptation

Rating: 4/10 (16 January 2016)

For the first 45 minutes the dialog coming from ALL characters fires at you as if it was on fast forward, having the silent pauses between conversing parties edited out. The pacing became more human for the rest of the movie but the sense of the dialog being over- written and stylized remained throughout. As it has already been remarked, it becomes apparent that the dialogs were written by a woman.
Gone Girl seems a textbook case of a lacking novel- to-screenplay adaptation. Hence the length of the film. Hence the gaping plot holes.
I am guessing it will be a better read.(not that I'm planning to)
~~~~~~~Warning: SPOILERS may follow~~~~~~~ The main idea: husband consciously stays with murdering/ lying/ crazy wife for $ (hot looks helped as well) is valid, some may call of substance and may I add, under-explored in film history.
4 stars