Just OK, not more - considering the names within and behind

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2014)

David Fincher in cooperation with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike... The result should be pleasing and taut, but when the credits appeared, I just shrugged my shoulders. I can't say it was boring, but the overall length, trivial ending and conventional characters did not bring along any wow-effect. Well, directing and performances were good, but all of those people have been involved in much better movies, and the plot was not so angled and winding that they could all show their skills in full. Hate, revenge, adultery etc strong feelings have been better covered in other movies, e.g. A Perfect Murder.
That is why, it is difficult to agree with some viewers and critics as for the script and book behind it, that they are somewhat conceptional, interesting and tense. At least I did not find those elements there and, mildly speaking, I do not fully comprehend its huge box office around the world.