A Dark, Intense and compelling home abduction film

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2014)

Gone Girl is a dark and very intense home abduction film that delivers fantastic acting performances all around as well as a fantastic directing job by David Fincher that will go down as his best film to date. From start to end this film did its job in keeping me on the edge of my seat for the entire runtime, something not too many films have done this year. Although i noticed that after the half way point it felt like a different but equally as interesting film that could have been approached differently and would have fit more with the original tone. Rosamund Pike puts in an Oscar worthy performance and leads the race for the award. She is definitely the most interesting and compelling character of the film but still doesn't take too much away from the other great performances. It was a fitting ending i felt for the film although it left me wanting a little more. Despite the slight dip in execution after the half way mark and the slightly rushed ending it didn't affect the overall quality too much as this is still a must watch film for the year of 2014. - 9.3