no one said that relationships are going to be easy

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2015)

It should be clear that no person can truly know any other person. Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" dealt with this issue: the main character starts to suspect his neighbor of foul play. David Fincher's "Gone Girl" takes it one step further, focusing on a married couple. On the surface, the movie looks at the wife's disappearance and reveals the wife's unseemly side. But the sensationalist media's targeting of the husband is an equally important part of the story. The look at the secrets that people hide, combined with the look at sensationalism, amounts to an impressive movie.
Ben Affleck puts on a good performance, but this is Rosamund Pike's movie all the way. Her performance as the manipulative wife earned her an Academy Award nomination. I haven't seen any of the other movies nominated in that category, so I can't determine if this was the best performance, but it's certainly up there. Among the other cast members, even Neil Patrick Harris - who just hosted the Oscars - puts on a serious performance. I recommend the movie.