One of Fincher's best

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2014)

This is one of David Fincher's best movies. Yes, we're talking about the person who made Fight Club, Se7en, The Social Network, and other awesome stuff. This is one of his best works.
The plot, the planning, the execution, the editing, everything was perfect. The acting was really good too. I had problems with Amy in the beginning - she seemed too graceful to be normal. But as the entire story unraveled I totally got it. I think we're looking at at least an academy nomination for her. And I'll be surprised if this film doesn't get at least a nomination for best picture. The score was just right for the tense and creepy atmosphere.
I haven't read the book, so I do think there are some plot holes. Amy's entire plan, though terrifyingly brilliant, was full of flaws. When she returned home she didn't have any major wounds to explain all the blood in the kitchen. Desi's CCTV tapes doesn't exactly work in her favor. The thieves had a pretty good chance of finding out who she was and ratting her out. And even if she didn't have to execute this plan B, how would the police fail to track any of her financial records and transportation methods? She had a car. If it was her car, the police would have figured that the car doesn't just disappear with the person. If it was a new purchase, the records from the automobile sellers / renters would have retrieved the data. Also if she was carrying like 100k with her, her bank account would have shown a pretty big withdrawal as well. And even if she executed everything as planned (her suicide), her body would have revealed that her time of death was a couple of days past the time Nick contacted the police.
So it doesn't really make sense that she won in the end. By the way how would she be able to impregnate herself? It would require some damn complicated medical procedure that doesn't have a close to 100% success rate to do that. And Nick could have taped some conversation between the two of them. In all, to all the crazy people out there who got inspired by this film and want to frame their spouses of murder, don't do it. As smart as Amy was, it's a miracle she won.
But anyway, these flaws doesn't ruin the film a bit (I realize I'm talking about them too much for a film I gave 9/10, but I guess I'm just that nerdy). It was very intriguing watching Amy's plan execute through, her plan B execute through, and her final triumph. The film keeps you on the edge of your seat and the ending gives the perfect haunt. It's definitely one of the best films of 2014 (I have to see if Chris Nolan's Interstellar can beat this) and I'll be looking forward to when this comes to DVD.